Numbers 21:11:1Num.21.11.W1TAB
וַיִּסְע֖וּ
vayisu
“And they set out”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-U
- Extended
- vah-yis-OO
- IPA
- /vajisˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And they set out
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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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Word in context
- word
va-yis-U
- clause
va-yis-U me-o-VOT
- sentence
va-yis-U me-o-VOT va-ya-kha-NU be-i-YEI ha-a-va-RIM ba-mid-BAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mo-AV mi-miz-RAKH ha-SHA-mesh
Exegesis
The verse’s narrative sequence is established by the vav-consecutive imperfect vayyiṣʾû {וַיִּסְע֖וּ | wayyiṣʾû} ‘and they set out’, immediately followed by the locative phrase mêʾôwōṯ {מֵאֹבֹ֑ת | mêʾôwōṯ} ‘from Oboth’ to mark the departure point.
In context — Numbers 21:11
And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-ha-Abarim in the wilderness that overlooks Moab, toward the east .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:11, 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.21.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.11.W1.S1) and character.