Numbers 21:30:1Num.21.30.W1TAB
וַנִּירָ֛ם
vaniram
“So we overthrew them”
- Transliteration
- va-ni-RAM
- Extended
- vah-nee-RAHM
- IPA
- /van.niːˈraːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- So we overthrew them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ni-RAM
- clause
va-ni-RAM a-VAD khesh-BON ad-DEE-von
- sentence
va-ni-RAM a-VAD khesh-BON ad-DEE-von va-na-SHIM ad-NO-fakh a-SHER ad-MEID-va
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a sequence of vav-consecutive actions with vanīrām {וַנִּירָ֛ם | va-nî-rām} ‘and we overthrew them’ followed by the perfect ’āvaḏ {אָבַד | ’ā-vaḏ} ‘has perished’ to report the result on Ḥešḇōn.
Root and etymology
y-r-hyod–resh–he
“to shoot, cast down”
In context — Numbers 21:30
And we overthrew them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon, and we laid waste as far as Nophah; and fire spread as far as Medeba.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:30, so the Hebrew word וַנִּירָ֛ם (vaniram) 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.21.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.30.W1.S1) and character.