Numbers 25:3:1Num.25.3.W1TAB
וַיִּצָּמֵ֙ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
vayitsamed yisrael
“so Israel joined himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-sa-MED yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- vah-yit-tsa-MED yees-ra-EL
- IPA
- /vajjitsaˈmed jisʁaˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- so Israel joined himself
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-sa-MED yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yit-sa-MED yis-ra-EL le-VA-al pe-OR va-yi-KHAR-AF Ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The clause begins with the verb vayitzamed {וַיִּצָּ֥מֶד | wayyiṣṣāmed} ‘and he was joined’, a Nifal imperfect with vav-consecutive indicating passive involvement.
The subject is Yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yiśraʾēl}, a proper noun.
Root and etymology
Roottsade-mem-dalet
“to bind closely”
In context — Numbers 25:3
And Israel became attached to Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּצָּמֵ֙ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (vayitsamed yisrael) 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.25.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.3.W1.S1) and character.