Numbers 22:15:1Num.22.15.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֥סֶף
vayosef
“and he continued”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-sef
- Extended
- vah-YOH-sehf
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːsɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he continued
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YO-sef
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-sef OD
- clause
va-YO-sef OD ba-LAK
- sentence
va-YO-sef OD ba-LAK she-LO-akh sa-RIM ra-BIM ve-nikh-ba-DIM me-E-leh
Exegesis
The narrative uses a vav-consecutive with wayyośep̄ {וַיֹּ֥סֶף | wayyośep̄} ‘and he added’, marking sequential action.
Root and etymology
y-s-pyod-samekh-pe
“to add, increase”
In context — Numbers 22:15
And Balak again sent officials, more numerous and more distinguished than these.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥סֶף (vayosef) 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.22.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.15.W1.S1) and character.