Numbers 22:40:5Num.22.40.W5TAB
וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח
vayeshallakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-shal-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shal-LAHkh
- IPA
- /vajəʃalˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-shal-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-shal-LAKH le-vil-AM
- clause
va-ye-shal-LAKH le-vil-AM ve-la-sa-RIM a-SHER it-TO
- 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 verse uses vav-consecutive verbs vayizbach {וַיִּזְבַּ֥ח | way-yiz-bāḥ} ‘and he sacrificed’ followed by vayishlach {וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח | way-ye-shal-lāḥ} ‘and he sent’, sequencing ritual and dispatch.
Root and etymology
š-l-ḥ
“to send, dispatch”
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 22:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:40, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח (vayeshallakh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.40.W5.S1) and character.