Numbers 23:30:1Num.23.30.W1TAB
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ
vayaas
“and Balak did”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-AS
- Extended
- vah-ya-AHS
- IPA
- /vajˈjaʕas/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Balak did
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 | |
| 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 a-MAR bil-AM
- sentence
va-ya-AS ba-LAK ka-a-SHER a-MAR bil-AM va-ya-AL PAR va-a-YIL ba-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The narrative momentum is driven by two vav consecutive verbs, wayyaas {וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | way·ya·ʿaś} ‘and he did’ and wayyaal {וַיַּ֛עַל | way·ya·ʿăl} ‘and he offered,’ which link sequential actions.
In context — Numbers 23:30
So Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:30, 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.23.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.30.W1.S1) and character.