Numbers 33:2:1Num.33.2.W1TAB
וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב
vayiktov
“and Moses wrote”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-TOV
- Extended
- vah-yik-TOHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jikˈtov/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Moses wrote
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-yik-TOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-TOV mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yik-TOV mo-SHEH et-mo-tza-EI-hem le-mas-EI-hem al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yik-TOV mo-SHEH et-mo-tza-EI-hem le-mas-EI-hem al-PI Ye-ho-VAH ve-EL-leh mas-EI-hem le-mo-tza-EI-hem
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayikhtov {וַיִּכְתֹּב | va-yik-tov} ‘and he wrote,’ employing the vav-consecutive to mark sequential action.
Root and etymology
k-t-vkaf-tav-bet
“to write”
In context — Numbers 33:2
And Moses wrote their departures and journeys at the command of the LORD . And these were their journeys, according to their departures.
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 33:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב (vayiktov) 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.33.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.2.W1.S1) and character.