Numbers 21:4:9Num.21.4.W9TAB
וַתִּקְצַ֥ר
vatiktsar
“and became impatient”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-TSAR
- Extended
- vah-tik-TSAR
- IPA
- /vatikˈtsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and became impatient
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tik-TSAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-TSAR NE-fesh-ha-AM
- clause
va-tik-TSAR NE-fesh-ha-AM ba-DA-rekh
- 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 following vav-consecutive imperfect vatiktzar {וַתִּקְצַ֥ר | wat·tiq·ṣar} introduces the people’s reaction, with nefesh-haam {נֶֽפֶשׁ־הָעָ֖ם | néfeš-ha-‘ām} as subject.
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 21:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 21:4, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְצַ֥ר (vatiktsar) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.4.W9.S1) and character.