Numbers 22:3:8Num.22.3.W8TAB
וַיָּ֣קָץ
vayikats
“and {he/it} was overcome {with dread}”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KATs
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAATS
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈqats/
Meaning by language
- English
- and {he/it} was overcome {with dread}
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-KATs
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KATs mo-AV
- clause
va-yi-KATs mo-AV mip-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yi-GAR mo-AV mip-NEI ha-AM me-OD KI rav-HU va-yi-KATs mo-AV mip-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse uses two sequential vav-consecutive imperfect verbs vayyagar {וַיָּ֨גָר | wayyāḡār} “and he feared” and vayyakatz {וַיָּ֣קָץ | wayyāqaṣ} “and he loathed,” both with moav {מוֹאָב | mōʾāv} as subject.
In context — Numbers 22:3
And Moab was greatly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sickened because of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 22:3, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣קָץ (vayikats) 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.22.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.3.W8.S1) and character.