Numbers 21:3:7Num.21.3.W7TAB
וַיַּחֲרֵ֥ם
vayakharem
“and he devoted to destruction”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-REM
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-REHM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħaˈreːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he devoted to destruction
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' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-REM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM
- clause
va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN et-hak-ke-na-a-NEE va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM ve-et-a-re-HEM
- sentence
va-yish-MA Ye-ho-VAH be-KOL yis-ra-EL va-yit-TEN et-hak-ke-na-a-NEE va-ya-kha-REM et-HEM ve-et-a-re-HEM va-yik-RA shem-ham-ma-KOM khor-MAH
Exegesis
Vayacharem {וַיַּחֲרֵ֥ם | wayyaḥărem} in Hiphil marks a causative dedication to destruction under the cherem, and ethem ve-et-areihem extend this to both people and their cities.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-r-m
“ban”
In context — Numbers 21:3
And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and He gave the Canaanite into their hand; and He utterly destroyed them and their cities; and He called the place Hormah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:3, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחֲרֵ֥ם (vayakharem) 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.21.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.3.W7.S1) and character.