Numbers 22:13:1Num.22.13.W1TAB
וַיָּ֤קָם
vayakam
“And Balaam arose”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KAM
- Extended
- vah-yaa-KAM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈqam/
Meaning by language
- English
- And Balaam arose
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-KAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM bil-AM
- clause
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-yo-MER el-sa-REI ba-LAK le-KHU el-artse-KHEM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM bil-AM ba-BO-ker va-yo-MER el-sa-REI ba-LAK le-KHU el-artse-KHEM KI me-EN Ye-ho-VAH le-ti-TI la-ha-LOKH im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The narrative advances through the vav-consecutive verbs vayakam {וַיָּקָם | wayyāqām} ‘and he arose’ and vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’.
In context — Numbers 22:13
And Balaam arose in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the LORD has refused to give me permission to go with you.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:13, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֤קָם (vayakam) 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.22.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.13.W1.S1) and character.