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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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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-AS
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS ba-LAK
- clause
va-ya-AS ba-LAK ka-a-SHER di-BER bil-AM
- 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 context — Numbers 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.