Numbers 22:1:4Num.22.1.W4TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙
vayakhanu
“and camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħăˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and camped
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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-ya-kha-NU
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-ar-VOT mo-AV me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-re-KHO
- sentence
va-yis-U be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-kha-NU be-ar-VOT mo-AV me-E-ver le-yar-DEN ye-re-KHO
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayyiṣʿû {וַיִּסְע֖וּ | wayyiṣʿû} ‘and they set out’ followed by wayyaḥănû {וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ | wayyaḥănû} ‘and they camped,’ creating a sequential past narrative.
In context — Numbers 22:1
And the sons of Israel journeyed on and set up camp in the plains of Moab , beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:1, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ (vayakhanu) 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.22.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.1.W4.S1) and character.