Numbers 21:35:1Num.21.35.W1TAB
וַיַּכּ֨וּ
vayaku
“So they struck”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KU
- Extended
- vah-ya-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jakˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- So they struck
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KU o-TO ve-ET-ba-NAV
- clause
va-ya-KU o-TO ve-ET-ba-NAV ve-ET-KOL-AMO ad-bil-TI hish-IR-LO sa-REED
- sentence
va-ya-KU o-TO ve-ET-ba-NAV ve-ET-KOL-AMO ad-bil-TI hish-IR-LO sa-REED va-yir-SHU ET-art-TZO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the sequential narrative marker wayyakû {וַיַּכּוּ | wayyakû} ‘and they struck’, employing the vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect to continue the action.
In context — Numbers 21:35
And they struck him down and his sons and all his people, until he had no survivor; and they took possession of his land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:35, so the Hebrew word וַיַּכּ֨וּ (vayaku) 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.21.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.35.W1.S1) and character.