Numbers 20:21:7Num.20.21.W7TAB
וַיֵּ֥ט
vayet
“so turned away”
- Transliteration
- va-YET
- Extended
- vah-YEHT
- IPA
- /vajˈjet/
Meaning by language
- English
- so turned away
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
va-YET
- phraseyour reading level
va-YET yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YET yis-ra-EL me-a-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-ma-EN e-DOM ne-TON et-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-YET yis-ra-EL me-a-LAV
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive verb wayyaṭ {וַיֵּ֥ט | wayyaṭ} ‘and he turned’ introduces a shift in action.
In context — Numbers 20:21
So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his border , and Israel turned away from him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 20:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥ט (vayet) 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.20.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.21.W7.S1) and character.