Numbers 25:3:4Num.25.3.W4TAB
וַיִּחַר־אַף
vayikharaf
“and the anger was kindled”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-KHAR-AF
- Extended
- vah-yee-KHAR-AHF
- IPA
- /vajjiˈħar-ʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the anger was kindled
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-KHAR-AF
- phraseyour reading level
le-VA-al pe-OR va-yi-KHAR-AF Ye-ho-VAH
- 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 second clause opens with vayichar {וַיִּֽחַר | wayyiḥar} ‘and it burned’, a Qal imperfect with vav-consecutive, paired with ʾāph {אַ֥ף | ʾāph} ‘anger’ as an idiom for wrath.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-pe-aleph
“anger”
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 25:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 25:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּחַר־אַף (vayikharaf) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.3.W4.S1) and character.