Numbers 20:15:8Num.20.15.W8TAB
וַיָּרֵ֥עוּ
vayareu
“and they dealt badly”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-RE-u
- Extended
- vah-yah-REH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈreːʕu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they dealt badly
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-RE-u
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-RE-u la-NU
- clause
va-ya-RE-u la-NU mits-RA-yim ve-la-a-vo-TEI-nu
- 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
Finally, the Hiphil verb vayyareu {וַיָּרֵ֥עוּ | wâ-yā-rē-ʿû} indicates Egypt’s active mistreatment of lanu {לָ֛נוּ | lā-nû} and velaavoteinu {וְלַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ | wə-la-’ă-vo-tê-nû}, highlighting generational oppression.
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 20:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 20:15, so the Hebrew word וַיָּרֵ֥עוּ (vayareu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.15.W8.S1) and character.