Numbers 24:23:1Num.24.23.W1TAB

וַיִּשָּׂ֥א

vayissa

And he lifted up

Transliteration
va-yis-SA
Extended
vah-yis-SAA
IPA
/vajisˈsaː/

Meaning by language

English
And he lifted up

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Result
וַ + יִּש + שָּׂ֥א
va + yis + sa
vayissa

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yis-SA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yis-SA me-sha-LO

  3. clause

    va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR

  4. sentence

    va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR OI MI yikh-YE mi-su-MO EL

In contextNumbers 24:23

And he lifted up his proverb and said, “Alas! Who can live when God does this ?”

About this coordinate

Numbers 24:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 24:23, 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.24.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.23.W1.S1) and character.