Numbers 22:26:1Num.22.26.W1TAB
וַיּ֥וֹסֶף
vayosef
“and again”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-sef
- Extended
- vah-YOH-sef
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːsɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and again
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-YO-sef mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH a-VOR
- sentence
va-YO-sef mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH a-VOR va-ya-a-MOD be-ma-KOM TSAR a-SHER EIN-DE-rekh lin-TOT ya-MIN u-se-MOL
Exegesis
The verse employs sequential vav-consecutive verbs, beginning with vayosef {וַיּ֥וֹסֶף | va-yō-səp̄} 'and he continued' and vayya'amod {וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ | va-yă-ʿă-mōḏ} 'and he stood,' which drive the narrative forward.
Root and etymology
y-s-f
“to add, continue”
In context — Numbers 22:26
And the angel of the LORD continued on and stood in a narrow place , where there was no way to turn right or left.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:26, so the Hebrew word וַיּ֥וֹסֶף (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.22.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.26.W1.S1) and character.