Numbers 23:16:1Num.23.16.W1TAB
וַיִּקָּ֤ר
vayikar
“and met”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KAR
- Extended
- vah-yi-KAAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiˈqaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and met
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-yi-KAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KAR Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yi-KAR Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM va-ya-SEM da-VAR be-FIV
- sentence
va-yi-KAR Ye-ho-VAH el-bil-AM va-ya-SEM da-VAR be-FIV va-yo-MER SHUV el-ba-LAK ve-KOH te-da-BER
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive structure beginning with vayikkar {וַיִּקָּ֤ר | way·yiq·qar} ‘he met’, marking sequence of divine actions.
In context — Numbers 23:16
And the LORD met Balaam, and He put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּ֤ר (vayikar) 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.23.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.16.W1.S1) and character.