Numbers 24:3:1Num.24.3.W1TAB
וַיִּשָּׂ֥א
vayisa
“and he took up”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-SA
- Extended
- vah-yi-SAA
- IPA
- /vajjiˈsaː/
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-yi-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO
- clause
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yi-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR ne-UM bil-AM be-NO be-OR u-ne-UM ha-GE-ver she-TUM ha-AI-in
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayissa {וַיִשָּׂא | vayyiśśāʾ} “and he lifted up,” introducing Balaam’s prophetic speech.
In context — Numbers 24:3
And he lifted up his oracle and said, “The utterance of Balaam son of Beor, and the utterance of the man whose eye is opened .”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 24:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׂ֥א (vayisa) 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.24.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.3.W1.S1) and character.