Numbers 33:20:1Num.33.20.W1TAB
וַיִּסְע֖וּ
vayisu
“and they set out”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-U
- Extended
- vah-yees-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.isˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they set out
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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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-U
- clause
va-yis-U me-rim-MON PA-retz
- sentence
va-yis-U me-rim-MON PA-retz va-ya-kha-NU bil-ev-NA
Exegesis
The verse employs the waw consecutive in the verbs vayissu {וַיִּסְע֖וּ | váyyi-sə-‘û} ‘and they set out’ and vayachanu {וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | váyy-ḥa-nû} ‘and they camped,’ marking a sequential narrative of movement.
Root and etymology
y-ś-ʿyod-shin-ayin
“to set out, depart”
In context — Numbers 33:20
And they set out from Rimmon-Peretz and camped at Livnah .
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 33:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסְע֖וּ (vayisu) 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.33.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.20.W1.S1) and character.