Numbers 22:41:9Num.22.41.W9TAB
וַיַּ֥רְא
vayar
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR mi-SHAM
- clause
va-YAR mi-SHAM ke-TSEH ha-AM
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-BO-ker va-yi-KAKH ba-LAK ET-bil-AM va-ya-a-LE-hu ba-MOT BA-al va-YAR mi-SHAM ke-TSEH ha-AM
Exegesis
Finally, the clause vayyārê’ misham ketzeh ha-ʿām {וַיַּ֥רְא מִשָּׁ֖ם קְצֵ֥ה הָעָֽם | vayyārê’ miš-šām qe-tse hā-ʿām} ‘and he saw from there the edge of the people’ uses spatial orientation to emphasize Balaam’s limited view and the narrative’s theological nuance of restricted insight.
In context — Numbers 22:41
And it happened in the morning that Balak took Bilaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal; and from there he saw the edge of the people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:41:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 22:41, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥רְא (vayar) 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.22.41.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.41.W9.S1) and character.