Numbers 22:33:1Num.22.33.W1TAB
וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙
vatireni
“and the donkey saw me”
- Transliteration
- va-tir-e-NI
- Extended
- vah-tir-EH-nee
- IPA
- /vatirˈʔe.ni/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the donkey saw me
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tir-e-NI
- clause
va-tir-e-NI ha-a-TON va-TET le-fa-NAI ZEH sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-tir-e-NI ha-a-TON va-TET le-fa-NAI ZEH sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM u-LAI nat-TAH mi-pa-NAI KI a-TAH gam-ot-KHA ha-rag-TI ve-o-TAH he-khe-yei-TI
Exegesis
The narrative employs the Hebrew vav-consecutive prefix va {וַ | wa} ‘and then’ to sequence actions in vatir’ani {וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ | vaṯ·tir·’ānî} ‘and she saw me’ and vatet {וַתֵּ֣ט | vaṯ·ṭêṭ} ‘and she turned aside’.
In context — Numbers 22:33
The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from before me, surely by now I would have killed you, and I would have kept her alive .
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:33, so the Hebrew word וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ (vatireni) 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.22.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.33.W1.S1) and character.