Numbers 20:27:1Num.20.27.W1TAB
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ
vayaas
“and did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-ya-AHS
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈja.ʕas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and did
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH
- clause
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ka-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ka-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-LU el-HOR ha-HAR le-ei-NEI kol-ha-ey-DAH
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive in waya'as {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿăś} “and he did” to link Moses’ action directly to divine instruction.
In context — Numbers 20:27
And Moses did as the LORD commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the congregation.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:27, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.20.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.27.W1.S1) and character.