Numbers 20:16:5Num.20.16.W5TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח
vayishlakh
“and sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vajjiʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sent
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH mal-AKH
- 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
Rootshin-lamed-chet
“to send, dispatch”
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 20:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (vayishlakh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.16.W5.S1) and character.