Numbers 20:29:6Num.20.29.W6TAB
וַיִּבְכּ֤וּ
vayivku
“and they wept”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-KU
- Extended
- vah-yiv-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they wept
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiv-KU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON
- clause
va-yiv-KU et-a-ha-RON shlo-SHIM YOM KOL BEIT yis-ra-EL
- 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 direct object marker ʾet {אֶֽת־ | ʾet} foregrounds Aaron as patient of the following vav-consecutive imperfect vayyibbəkū {וַיִּבְכּ֤וּ | wəyyibbəkū} ‘and they wept’.
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 20:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 20:29, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְכּ֤וּ (vayivku) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.29.W6.S1) and character.