Numbers 20:22:1Num.20.22.W1TAB
וַיִּסְע֖וּ
vayisu
“and they journeyed”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-U
- Extended
- vah-yis-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.isˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they journeyed
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-U
- clause
va-yis-U mi-ka-DESH
- sentence
va-yis-U mi-ka-DESH va-ya-VO-U be-NEI-yis-ra-EL kol-ha-ei-DA HOR ha-HAR
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayis'u {וַיִּסְע֖וּ | way·yis·ʿû} ‘and they journeyed’, a sequential perfective marker.
Root and etymology
נ־ס־ע
“to set out, journey”
In context — Numbers 20:22
And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the sons of Israel —all the congregation —came to Mount Hor.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסְע֖וּ (vayisu) 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.20.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.22.W1.S1) and character.