Numbers 24:1:13Num.24.1.W13TAB
וַיָּ֥שֶׁת
vayashet
“but he set”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-shet
- Extended
- vah-YAA-shet
- IPA
- /vajˈjaʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- but he set
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
va-YA-shet
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-shet el-ham-mid-BAR
- clause
va-YA-shet el-ham-mid-BAR pa-NAV
- sentence
va-YAR bil-AM KI TOV be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-va-REKH ET-Yis-ra-EL ve-LO-ha-LAKH ke-PA-am-be-PA-am lik-RAT ne-kha-SHIM va-YA-shet el-ham-mid-BAR pa-NAV
Exegesis
Finally, vayashet el-hammidbar panav {וַיָּשֶׁת אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר פָּנָיו | wă-yā-šeṯ ʾel-ham-mid-bār pā-nāv} uses the idiom “set one’s face” to indicate determined movement toward the wilderness.
Root and etymology
š-t-tshin-tav-tav
“appointed”
In context — Numbers 24:1
And Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of the LORD to bless Israel, and he did not go as at other times to seek omens , but he turned his face toward the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 24:1, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֥שֶׁת (vayashet) 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.24.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.1.W13.S1) and character.