Numbers 20:10:1Num.20.10.W1TAB
וַיַּקְהִ֜לוּ
vayakheelu
“and they assembled”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-HEE-lu
- Extended
- vah-yak-HEE-loo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaqˈhiluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they assembled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yak-HEE-lu
- clause
va-yak-HEE-lu mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON et-ha-ka-HAL el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA
- sentence
va-yak-HEE-lu mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON et-ha-ka-HAL el-pe-NEI ha-sa-LA va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-UU-NA ha-mo-RIM ha-MIN-ha-se-LA ha-ZEH no-TZI la-KHEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayakhelu {וַיַּקְהִ֜לוּ | wayyāqhilû} ‘and they assembled’, employing the Hiphil stem with vav consecutive to frame the initial action by Moses and Aaron.
Root and etymology
q-h-lqof–het–lamed
“to assemble”
In context — Numbers 20:10
Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:10, so the Hebrew word וַיַּקְהִ֜לוּ (vayakheelu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.20.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.10.W1.S1) and character.