Numbers 23:2:1Num.23.2.W1TAB

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ

vayaas

and did

Transliteration
va-ya-AS
Extended
vah-ya-AHS
IPA
/vajˈjaʕas/

Meaning by language

English
and did

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Result
וַ + יַּ֣ + עַשׂ
va + ya + as
vayaas

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-AS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-AS ba-LAK

  3. clause

    va-ya-AS ba-LAK ka-a-SHER di-BER bil-AM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-AS ba-LAK ka-a-SHER di-BER bil-AM va-ya-AL ba-LAK u-bil-AM PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh

Exegesis

The verse employs sequential verbs with vav-consecutive: vayyaʿas {וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | wayyāʿăś} ‘and he did’ and vayyaʿal {וַיַּ֨עַל | wayyāʿal} ‘and he offered up,’ establishing narrative progression.

In contextNumbers 23:2

And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar .

About this coordinate

Numbers 23:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.23.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.2.W1.S1) and character.