Numbers 20:11:11Num.20.11.W11TAB
וַתֵּ֥שְׁתְּ
vateshte
“and drank”
- Transliteration
- va-TESH-te
- Extended
- vah-TESH-teh
- IPA
- /vatˈeʃtə/
Meaning by language
- English
- and drank
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TESH-te
- phraseyour reading level
va-TESH-te ha-e-DA
- clause
va-ye-TSE-u MA-yim ra-BIM va-TESH-te ha-e-DA u-ve-i-RAM
- sentence
va-ya-REM mo-SHEH ET-ya-DO va-YAKH ET-ha-SE-la be-ma-TE-hu pa-a-MAI-im va-ye-TSE-u MA-yim ra-BIM va-TESH-te ha-e-DA u-ve-i-RAM
Exegesis
Subsequent verbs vayetze’u {וַיֵּצְאוּ | wayyēṣʾû} ‘and they went out’ and vateshte {וַתֵּשְׁתְּ | wattēštē} ‘and she drank’ (with the assembly as the understood subject) portray outcome and reception.
In context — Numbers 20:11
And Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff , and abundant waters gushed forth, and the congregation drank along with their livestock.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 20:11, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֥שְׁתְּ (vateshte) 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.20.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.11.W11.S1) and character.