Numbers 21:4:1Num.21.4.W1TAB
וַיִּסְע֞וּ
vayisu
“and they journeyed”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-U
- Extended
- vah-yis-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jsuˈuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they journeyed
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-U
- clause
va-yis-U me-HOR ha-HAR DE-rekh yam-SUF lis-VOv et-E-rets e-DOM
- sentence
va-yis-U me-HOR ha-HAR DE-rekh yam-SUF lis-VOv et-E-rets e-DOM va-tik-TSAR NE-fesh-ha-AM ba-DA-rekh
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayis’u {וַיִּסְע֞וּ | wayyiṣ‘ū} ‘and they set out’, marking a transition into a new movement.
In context — Numbers 21:4
And they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסְע֞וּ (vayisu) 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.21.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.4.W1.S1) and character.