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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּש + שָּׂ֥א
↓
va + yis + sa
↓
vayissa
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
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 OI MI yikh-YE mi-su-MO EL
In context — Numbers 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.