Numbers 21:13:3Num.21.13.W3TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֗וּ
vayakhanu
“and they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħaˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they camped
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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 | |
| 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
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU me-E-ver ar-NON a-SHER ba-mid-BAR ha-yo-TSE mig-VUL ha-e-mo-RI
- sentence
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU me-E-ver ar-NON a-SHER ba-mid-BAR ha-yo-TSE mig-VUL ha-e-mo-RI KI ar-NON gvuL mo-AV BEIN mo-AV u-BEIN ha-e-mo-RI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the locative misham {מִשָּׁם | mi-šām} ‘from there’, establishing the departure point, followed by nasu {נָסָעוּ | nāsāʾū} ‘they traveled’ and the vav-consecutive vayachanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | wayyaḥănū} ‘and they camped’, marking rapid narrative progression.
In context — Numbers 21:13
From there they traveled and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness , coming out from the border of the Amorite ; for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:13, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנ֗וּ (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.21.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.13.W3.S1) and character.