Numbers 21:11:3Num.21.11.W3TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּ
vayakhanu
“and they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-ya-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vajjaħaˈnuː/
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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
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
- 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 next vav-consecutive imperfect wayyaḥănû {וַיַּחֲנ֞וּ | wayyaḥănû} ‘and they camped’ introduces the arrival.
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 21:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:11, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנ֞וּ (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.21.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.11.W3.S1) and character.