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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Result
וַ + נִּי + רָ֛ם
va + ni + ram
vaniram

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ni-RAM

  2. clause

    va-ni-RAM a-VAD khesh-BON ad-DEE-von

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.