Numbers 21:10:4Num.21.10.W4TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħăˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they camped
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-o-VOT
- sentence
va-yis-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-kha-NU be-o-VOT
Exegesis
The verb vayachanu {וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | va-yă-ḥa-nû} ‘and they camped’ continues the narrative progression with another vav-consecutive.
In context — Numbers 21:10
And the sons of Israel set out and camped at Oboth .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 21:10, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (vayakhanu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.10.W4.S1) and character.