Numbers 20:2:4Num.20.2.W4TAB
וַיִּקָּ֣הֲלוּ
vayikahalu
“and they assembled”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-ka-ha-LU
- Extended
- vah-yee-kah-ha-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.qaˈhaluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they assembled
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-ka-ha-LU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-MO-sheh
- clause
va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON
- sentence
ve-LO-ha-YA MA-yim la-e-DAH va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON
Exegesis
In the next narrative clause, the vav-consecutive on vayikkahalu {וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ | way-yi-qā-hal-lū} shifts to the imperfect and describes collective action.
Root and etymology
ק-ה-ל
“assembly”
In context — Numbers 20:2
Now there was no water for the community , so they assembled and confronted Moses and Aaron.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּ֣הֲלוּ (vayikahalu) 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.20.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.2.W4.S1) and character.