Numbers 20:28:1Num.20.28.W1TAB
וַיַּפְשֵׁט֩
vayafshet
“and he stripped”
- Transliteration
- va-yaf-SHET
- Extended
- vah-yaf-SHEET
- IPA
- /vaj.jafˈʃeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he stripped
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
va-yaf-SHET
- phraseyour reading level
va-yaf-SHET mo-SHEH et-a-ha-RON
- clause
va-yaf-SHET mo-SHEH et-a-ha-RON et-be-ga-DAV va-yal-BESH o-TAM et-el-a-ZAR be-NO va-ya-MAT a-ha-RON SHAM be-ROSH ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yaf-SHET mo-SHEH et-a-ha-RON et-be-ga-DAV va-yal-BESH o-TAM et-el-a-ZAR be-NO va-ya-MAT a-ha-RON SHAM be-ROSH ha-HAR va-ye-RED mo-SHEH ve-el-a-ZAR min-ha-HAR
Exegesis
The opening vayafshit {וַיַּפְשֵׁט | wayyaphšēṭ} ‘and he stripped’ denotes removal of Aaron’s cultic robes, immediately followed by vayalbesh {وַיַּלְבֵּשׁ | wayyalbēš} ‘and he clothed’ conveying their transfer to Eleazar.
In context — Numbers 20:28
Moses stripped Aaron of his garments , and clothed them upon Eleazar his son. Aaron died there at the summit of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar descended from the mountain.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:28, so the Hebrew word וַיַּפְשֵׁט֩ (vayafshet) 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.20.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.28.W1.S1) and character.