Numbers 21:23:15Num.21.23.W15TAB
וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם
vayillakhem
“and fought”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-LA-khem
- Extended
- vah-yeel-LAH-khem
- IPA
- /vaj.lːaˈħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fought
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yil-LA-khem
- clause
va-yil-LA-khem be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-LO-na-TAN see-KHON ET-yis-ra-EL a-VOR big-vu-LO va-ye-e-SOF see-KHON ET-kol-am-MO va-ye-TSE lik-RAT yis-ra-EL ham-mid-BA-ra va-ya-VO yah-TSAH va-yil-LA-khem be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Finally, the sequence vayavo yahatzah vayyilachem beyisrael {וַיָּבֹא יָהְצָה וַיִּלָּחֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | wa-yā-bōʾ yā-ḥə-ṣāh wa-yil-lā-ḥem bə-yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel’ shifts the narrative from movement to conflict.
Root and etymology
Rootl-ḥ-m
“bread, food”
In context — Numbers 21:23
But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people and went out to meet them toward the wilderness . He arrived at Jahaz and fought against Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 21:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם (vayillakhem) 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.21.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.23.W15.S1) and character.