Numbers 20:6:11Num.20.6.W11TAB
וַיֵּרָ֥א
vayera
“and appeared”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-RA
- Extended
- vah-yeh-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and appeared
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RA ke-VOD-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-RA ke-VOD-ye-ho-VAH a-lei-HEM
- sentence
va-ya-VO mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON mip-NEI ha-ka-HAL el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED va-yip-LU al-pe-NEI-hem va-ye-RA ke-VOD-ye-ho-VAH a-lei-HEM
Exegesis
Finally, vayeira kevod-YHWH aleihem {וַיֵּרָ֥א כְבוֹד־יְהוָ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶֽם | way-yērāʾ ke-vōd Yə-hō-wāh ’ă-lê-hem} ‘and the glory of the LORD appeared to them’ signals the theophanic climax through a Nifal imperfect verb.
In context — Numbers 20:6
And Moses and Aaron came out from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and they fell upon their faces, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 20:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרָ֥א (vayera) 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.20.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.6.W11.S1) and character.