Numbers 20:28:5Num.20.28.W5TAB
וַיַּלְבֵּ֤שׁ
vayalbesh
“and put on”
- Transliteration
- va-yal-BESH
- Extended
- vah-yal-BEHSH
- IPA
- /vaj.jalˈbeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and put on
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-yal-BESH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yal-BESH o-TAM
- 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
Root and etymology
l-b-shlamed-bet-shin
“to clothe, dress”
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 20:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:28, so the Hebrew word וַיַּלְבֵּ֤שׁ (vayalbesh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.28.W5.S1) and character.