Numbers 25:2:1Num.25.2.W1TAB
וַתִּקְרֶ֤אנָה
vatikrenah
“They invited”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-re-NAH
- Extended
- vah-tih-kreh-NAH
- IPA
- /vat.tiqreˈʔaːna/
Meaning by language
- English
- They invited
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tik-re-NAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-re-NAH la-AM
- clause
va-tik-re-NAH la-AM le-ziv-KHEI e-lo-HEI-hen va-yo-KHAL ha-AM
- sentence
va-tik-re-NAH la-AM le-ziv-KHEI e-lo-HEI-hen va-yo-KHAL ha-AM va-yish-ta-KHA-vu le-e-lo-HEI-hen
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive form vatikrena {וַתִּקְרֶ֣אנָ | va-tik-rē-nā} ‘and they called,’ whose feminine plural signals the Moabite women as subject.
Root and etymology
ק־ר־א
“to call, invite, proclaim”
In context — Numbers 25:2
And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods , and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:2, so the Hebrew word וַתִּקְרֶ֤אנָה (vatikrenah) 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.25.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.2.W1.S1) and character.