Numbers 23:14:6Num.23.14.W6TAB
וַיִּ֙בֶן֙
vayiven
“and he built”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-VEN
- Extended
- vah-yih-VEN
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he built
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-VEN
- 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
Root and etymology
Rootbet-nun-yod
“to build; son”
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 23:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 23:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (vayiven) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.14.W6.S1) and character.