Numbers 21:24:1Num.21.24.W1TAB
וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ
vayakehu
“and Israel struck him”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ke-HU
- Extended
- vah-ya-keh-HOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jakˈkeː.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Israel struck him
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-ke-HU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev
- sentence
va-ya-ke-HU yis-ra-EL le-FI-KHA-rev va-yi-RASH et-ART-so me-ar-NON ad-ya-BOK ad-be-NEI am-MON KI AZ ge-VUL be-NEI am-MON
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayyakkehu {וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ | wayyakkêhu} ‘and he struck him,’ initiating Israel’s conquest.
In context — Numbers 21:24
And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from Arnon to Yabbok, up to the border of the sons of Ammon, because the boundary was fortified.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ (vayakehu) 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.21.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.24.W1.S1) and character.