Numbers 32:13:4Num.32.13.W4TAB
וַיְנִעֵם֙
vayeniam
“and he made them wander”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-NI-am
- Extended
- vah-yeh-NEE-ahm
- IPA
- /vajnɪˈʕeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he made them wander
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-NI-am
- clause
va-yi-KHAR-AF Ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-NI-am ba-mid-BAR ar-ba-IM sha-NA
- sentence
va-yi-KHAR-AF Ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL va-ye-NI-am ba-mid-BAR ar-ba-IM sha-NA ad-TOM kol-ha-DOR ha-o-SEH ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive Hiphil vayenaʿem {וַיְנִעֵם | wayyenîʿēm} ‘and He made them wander’ employs causative voice, emphasizing divine compulsion rather than voluntary movement.
In context — Numbers 32:13
And the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until the entire generation who had done evil in the eyes of the LORD was finished.
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 32:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְנִעֵם֙ (vayeniam) 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.32.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.13.W4.S1) and character.