Numbers 21:32:1Num.21.32.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח
vayishlakh
“and Moses sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.iʃˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Moses sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH le-ra-GEL et-YA-zer va-yil-ke-DU be-no-TE-ha
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH le-ra-GEL et-YA-zer va-yil-ke-DU be-no-TE-ha va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-sher-SHAM
Exegesis
The opening clause wayyishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | wayyišlāḥ} ‘and he sent’ introduces Moses as agent, followed by the purpose infinitive leraggel {לְרַגֵּ֣ל | lə-raggēl} ‘to spy out’ Jazer.
Root and etymology
“to send forth”
In context — Numbers 21:32
And Moses sent men to spy out Jazer, and they captured its towns , and they dispossessed the Amorite who was there.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:32, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (vayishlakh) 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.21.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.32.W1.S1) and character.