Numbers 21:33:1Num.21.33.W1TAB
וַיִּפְנוּ֙
vayifnu
“then they turned”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-NU
- Extended
- vah-yif-NUU
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- then they turned
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-NU
- clause
va-yif-NU va-ya-a-LU DE-rekh ha-ba-SHAN
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-a-LU DE-rekh ha-ba-SHAN va-ye-TSE OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN lik-ra-TAM HU ve-KHOL-am-MO la-mil-kha-MA ed-re-I
Exegesis
The verse opens with two sequential vav-consecutive verbs, vayyippənû {וַיִּפְנוּ | wayyippənû} ‘and they turned’ and wayyaʿălû {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wayyaʿălû} ‘and they went up’, establishing rapid narrative flow.
In context — Numbers 21:33
And they turned and went up by the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out to meet them, he and all his people, for the battle at Edrei .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:33, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְנוּ֙ (vayifnu) 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.21.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.33.W1.S1) and character.