Numbers 25:2:5Num.25.2.W5TAB
וַיֹּאכַל
vayokhal
“and the people ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-KHAL
- Extended
- vah-yoh-KHAL
- IPA
- /vajˈjoːχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the people ate
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HEI-hen va-yo-KHAL ha-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
Sequential vav-consecutive verbs vayyōkhal {וַיֹּאכַל | va-yō-khal} ‘and they ate’ and vayyishtakhavu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ | va-yish-ta-kha-vū} ‘and they bowed down’ create a narrative progression in the imperfect aspect.
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 25:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 25:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאכַל (vayokhal) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.2.W5.S1) and character.