Numbers 23:4:1Num.23.4.W1TAB
וַיִּקָּ֥ר
vayikkar
“and God met”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-KAR
- Extended
- vah-yik-KAAR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqˈkaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and God 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-yik-KAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAR e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yik-KAR e-lo-HIM el-bil-AM
- sentence
va-yik-KAR e-lo-HIM el-bil-AM va-yo-MER e-LAV et-shiv-AT ham-miz-be-KHOT a-rakh-TI va-a-AL PAR va-a-YIL bam-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive in vayyiqqar {וַיִּקָּר | wayyiqqār}, signaling the next divine action.
In context — Numbers 23:4
And God met with Balaam, and Balaam said to Him, "I have arranged the seven altars , and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar."
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּ֥ר (vayikkar) 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.23.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.4.W1.S1) and character.