Numbers 22:27:8Num.22.27.W8TAB
וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף
vayikharaf
“and was kindled the anger”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KHAR-AF
- Extended
- vah-yi-KHAR-AHF
- IPA
- /vajjiˈħar.ˈʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and was kindled the anger
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-KHAR-AF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KHAR-AF bil-AM
- clause
va-yi-KHAR-AF bil-AM va-YAKH ET-ha-a-TON ba-ma-KEL
- 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 idiomatic phrase vayikhar-af {וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף | va-yik-ḥar-ʾap} merges a verb and noun ‘and his nostril burned’, conveying intense anger.
Root and etymology
’-paleph-pe
“nostril, anger”
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 22:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף (vayikharaf) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.27.W8.S1) and character.