Numbers 20:15:4Num.20.15.W4TAB
וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב
vaneshev
“and we dwelled”
- Transliteration
- va-ne-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-neh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /vanˈneʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we dwelled
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ne-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ne-SHEV be-mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-yer-DU a-vo-TEI-nu mits-rai-MAH va-ne-SHEV be-mits-RA-yim ya-MIM ra-BIM
- sentence
va-yer-DU a-vo-TEI-nu mits-rai-MAH va-ne-SHEV be-mits-RA-yim ya-MIM ra-BIM va-ya-RE-u la-NU mits-RA-yim ve-la-a-vo-TEI-nu
Exegesis
Vaneshev {וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב | wan-nē-šēḇ} ‘dwelt’ shifts to the community’s residence, while the phrase yamim rabbim {יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים | yā-mîm rab-bîm} forms an idiom for prolonged duration.
In context — Numbers 20:15
Our fathers descended into Egypt, and we dwelt there for many days ; and Egypt oppressed us and our fathers.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:15, so the Hebrew word וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב (vaneshev) 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.20.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.15.W4.S1) and character.