Numbers 22:40:4Num.22.40.W4TAB
וָצֹ֑אן
vatson
“and sheep”
- Transliteration
- va-TSON
- Extended
- vah-TSOHN
- IPA
- /vaˈtsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sheep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TSON
- phraseyour reading level
ba-KAR va-TSON
- clause
va-yiz-BAKH ba-LAK ba-KAR va-TSON
- sentence
va-yiz-BAKH ba-LAK ba-KAR va-TSON va-ye-shal-LAKH le-vil-AM ve-la-sa-RIM a-SHER it-TO
Exegesis
The subject Balak {בָּלָ֖ק | bā-lāq} precedes bakar {בָּקָר | bā-qār} ‘cattle’ and vatson {וָצֹ֑אן | vā-ṣō-an} ‘sheep’, forming a hendiadys that emphasizes the scope of the offerings.
Root and etymology
ṣ-w-n
“sheep, flock”
In context — Numbers 22:40
And Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he sent portions to Balaam and to the officials who were with him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 22:40, so the Hebrew word וָצֹ֑אן (vatson) 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.22.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.40.W4.S1) and character.