Numbers 20:29:1Num.20.29.W1TAB
וַיִּרְאוּ֙
vayiru
“and saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-U
- Extended
- vah-yeer-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and saw
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- clause
va-yir-U kol-ha-ei-DAH ki ga-VA a-ha-RON
- sentence
va-yir-U kol-ha-ei-DAH ki ga-VA a-ha-RON va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect form vayyir’u {וַיִּרְאוּ֙ | wəyyirʾû} ‘and they saw’, signalling narrative progression.
In context — Numbers 20:29
And all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days .
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 20:29, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְאוּ֙ (vayiru) 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.20.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.29.W1.S1) and character.