Numbers 20:16:1Num.20.16.W1TAB
וַנִּצְעַ֤ק
vanitsak
“and we cried”
- Transliteration
- va-nits-AK
- Extended
- vah-nits-AAK
- IPA
- /van.niṣˈʕak/
Meaning by language
- English
- and we cried
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-nits-AK
- phraseyour reading level
va-nits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-nits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yish-MA ko-LE-nu va-yish-LAKH mal-AKH va-yo-tsi-E-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-nits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yish-MA ko-LE-nu va-yish-LAKH mal-AKH va-yo-tsi-E-nu mi-mits-RA-yim ve-hi-NEH a-NAKH-nu be-ka-DESH IR ke-TSEH ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The verse unfolds with a sequence of Hebrew vav-consecutive imperfect verbs: vannitsaq {וַנִּצְעַ֤ק | vān-nî-ṣaq} ‘and we cried out’, wayyišmāʿ {וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע | wayyišmāʿ} ‘and He heard’, wayyišlāḥ {וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and He sent’, and wayyōṣēʾēnû {وַיֹּצִאֵ֖נוּ | wayyōṣēʾēnû} ‘and He brought us out’, propelling the narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootts-ʿ-q
“to cry out”
In context — Numbers 20:16
When we cried out to the LORD , He heard our voice and sent a messenger to bring us out of Egypt. Now we stand in Kadesh, a city at the edge of Your border.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:16, so the Hebrew word וַנִּצְעַ֤ק (vanitsak) 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.20.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.16.W1.S1) and character.