Numbers 22:27:5Num.22.27.W5TAB
וַתִּרְבַּ֖ץ
vatirbats
“and lay down”
- Transliteration
- va-tir-BATS
- Extended
- vah-tir-BAHTS
- IPA
- /vatirˈbats/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lay down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-tir-BATS
- clause
va-TE-re ha-a-TON ET-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH va-tir-BATS TA-khat bil-AM
- sentence
va-TE-re ha-a-TON ET-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH va-tir-BATS TA-khat bil-AM va-yi-KHAR-AF bil-AM va-YAKH ET-ha-a-TON ba-ma-KEL
Exegesis
The following Qal imperfect vatirbats {וַתִּרְבַּ֖ץ | va-ttir-bats} ‘and she lay down’ combined with the preposition takhat {תַּ֣חַת | ta-ḥat} ‘under’ and the proper name bilam {בִּלְעָ֑ם | bilʿām} ‘Balaam’ details spatial disposition.
Root and etymology
r-b-bresh–bet–bet
“be many, great”
In context — Numbers 22:27
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD , and she lay down under Balaam; then Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with the staff.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:27, so the Hebrew word וַתִּרְבַּ֖ץ (vatirbats) 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.22.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.27.W5.S1) and character.