Numbers 21:12:3Num.21.12.W3TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħaˈnuː/
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-NA-khal ZA-red
- sentence
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU be-NA-khal ZA-red
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive plus imperfect vayyachanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | wayyaḥănnû} ‘and they camped’ then signals the next narrative event.
In context — Numbers 21:12
From there they journeyed and camped in the valley of Zered.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:12, 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.21.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.12.W3.S1) and character.