Numbers 22:23:15Num.22.23.W15TAB
וַיַּ֤ךְ
vayakh
“and struck”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAKH
- IPA
- /vajˈjaχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and struck
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 | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH bil-AM
- clause
va-YAKH bil-AM ET-ha-a-TON le-hat-TO-ta ha-DE-rekh
- sentence
va-TEH-re ha-a-TON ET-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH nits-TSAV ba-DE-rekh ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO va-TET ha-a-TON min-ha-DE-rekh va-TE-lekh ba-sa-DE va-YAKH bil-AM ET-ha-a-TON le-hat-TO-ta ha-DE-rekh
Exegesis
A sequence of vav-consecutive imperfect verbs—vattet {וַתֵּ֤ט | waṯ-tê-ṭ} ‘and she turned aside’, vattelakh {וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ | waṯ-tê-lēkh} ‘and she went’, and vayakh {וַיַּ֤ךְ | wa-yay-yākh} ‘and he struck’—drives the narrative action.
In context — Numbers 22:23
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, and his sword was drawn in his hand. The donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field, and Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back to the road.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 22:23, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤ךְ (vayakh) 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.22.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.23.W15.S1) and character.