Numbers 21:6:1Num.21.6.W1TAB
וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח
vayashalakh
“and sent”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-ya-shal-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.ʃalˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sent
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-sha-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ya-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH ba-AM ET han-ne-kha-SHIM has-se-ra-FIM va-ye-nash-KHU et-ha-AM
- sentence
va-ya-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH ba-AM ET han-ne-kha-SHIM has-se-ra-FIM va-ye-nash-KHU et-ha-AM va-ya-MAT am-RAV mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive form vayeshalach {וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח | wayyšallâḥ} ‘and he sent’, signaling sequence.
Root and etymology
“to send forth”
In context — Numbers 21:6
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many Israelites died .
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:6, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח (vayashalakh) 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.21.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.6.W1.S1) and character.