Numbers 24:10:1Num.24.10.W1TAB
וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֤ף
vayikharaf
“And was kindled—anger”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KHAR-AF
- Extended
- vah-yih-KHAR-AHF
- IPA
- /vajˈjiħarˈʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- And was kindled—anger
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-KHAR-AF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KHAR-AF ba-LAK
- clause
va-yi-KHAR-AF ba-LAK el-bil-AM va-yis-POK et-ka-PAV
- sentence
va-yi-KHAR-AF ba-LAK el-bil-AM va-yis-POK et-ka-PAV va-YO-mer ba-LAK el-bil-AM la-KOV oi-VAI ke-ra-ti-KHA ve-hi-NEH be-rakh-TA va-REKH ZEH sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with a sequence of vav consecutive verbs (vayikhar-af {וַיִּֽחַר־אַף | va-yik-ḥār-ʾap̄}, vayispoq {וַיִּסְפֹּק | va-yis-pōq}, vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer}) driving the action forward. The idiom vayikhar-af ‘was kindled anger’ depicts intense wrath through a thermal metaphor.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-peh-peh
“nose, anger”
In context — Numbers 24:10
Then Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them—blessing them—these three times.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 24:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֤ף (vayikharaf) 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.24.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.10.W1.S1) and character.