Numbers 21:32:7Num.21.32.W7TAB
וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ
vayoresh
“and he dispossessed”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-RESH
- Extended
- vah-yoh-RESH
- IPA
- /vaj.oˈreʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he dispossessed
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-RESH
- clause
va-yo-RESH et-ha-e-mo-RI a-sher-SHAM
- 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 final clause wayyoresh {וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ | wayyōreš} ‘and he dispossessed’ describes territory clearing, with the relative asher-sham {אֲשֶׁר־שָֽׁם | ʾăšer-šām} ‘who was there’ specifying the displaced inhabitants. The vav-consecutive chain underscores uninterrupted action, and the construct relationship in benoteha highlights the hierarchical nature of the captured settlements.
Root and etymology
RootYod–Resh–Shin
“to dispossess, to inherit”
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 21:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 21:32, so the Hebrew word וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ (vayoresh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.32.W7.S1) and character.