Numbers 25:8:5Num.25.8.W5TAB
וַיְדְקֹר
vayedekor
“and pierced”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-DE-kor
- Extended
- vah-yeh-DEH-kor
- IPA
- /vaj.dəˈkoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and pierced
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-DE-kor
- sentence
va-ya-VO a-KHAR ISH-YIS-ra-EL el-ha-KU-ba va-ye-DE-kor et-shne-HEM ET ISH YIS-ra-EL ve-ET-ha-i-SHAH el-ko-va-TAH va-yi-a-TZAR ha-ma-ge-FAH ME-al be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The successive wayyidqor {וַיִּדְקֹר | wayyidqōr} ‘and he pierced’ with et-shenehem {אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶם | ʾet-šənêhem} emphasizes the dual action, and the repeated et {אֵת | ʾet} marks each object.
In context — Numbers 25:8
He entered after the Israelite man into the chamber, and he pierced both of them—the man and the woman—into her belly . Then the plague ceased among the Israelites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 25:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְדְקֹר (vayedekor) 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.25.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.8.W5.S1) and character.