Numbers 23:7:1Num.23.7.W1TAB
וַיִּשָּׂ֥א
vayissa
“and he took up”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-SA
- Extended
- vah-yis-SAA
- IPA
- /vajisˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he took up
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-yis-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO
- clause
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR min-a-RAM yan-khe-NI ba-LAK me-lekh-MO-av me-har-REI-KE-dem le-KHA a-RA-li ya-a-KOV u-le-KHA zo-a-MA yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The opening vayissa {וַיִּשָּׂ֥א | vayyiṣsāʾ} employs the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect to introduce a sequential narrative move that frames Balaam’s pronouncement.
In context — Numbers 23:7
Then he lifted up his oracle and said, “Balak the king of Moab has led me from Aram from the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 23:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׂ֥א (vayissa) 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.23.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.7.W1.S1) and character.