Numbers 23:14:11Num.23.14.W11TAB
וָאַ֖יִל
vaayil
“and a ram”
- Transliteration
- va-a-YIL
- Extended
- vah-a-YEEL
- IPA
- /vaːʔaˈjil/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a ram
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-YIL
- phraseyour reading level
PAR va-a-YIL
- clause
va-yi-VEN shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu se-DEH tso-FIM el-ROSH ha-pis-GAH va-yi-VEN shiv-AH miz-be-KHOT va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The coordinated objects par vaayil bammizbeach {פָּר וָאַיִל בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ | pâr wā’ăyil bammizbēaḥ} describe the sacrificial animals and their locus. The English rendition preserves the setting–construction–offering structure of the Hebrew narrative.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Yod–Lamed
“ram”
In context — Numbers 23:14
So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 23:14, so the Hebrew word וָאַ֖יִל (vaayil) 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.23.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.14.W11.S1) and character.