Numbers 21:10:1Num.21.10.W1TAB
וַיִּסְע֖וּ
vayisu
“and they set out”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-U
- Extended
- vah-yis-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.isˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they set out
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-U
- clause
va-yis-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yis-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-kha-NU be-o-VOT
Exegesis
The verse begins with vayis'u {וַיִּסְע֖וּ | va-yiṣ-ʿû} ‘and they set out’, employing the narrative vav to propel the sequence.
In context — Numbers 21:10
And the sons of Israel set out and camped at Oboth .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסְע֖וּ (vayisu) 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.21.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.10.W1.S1) and character.