Numbers 33:21:3Num.33.21.W3TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħăˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they camped
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-ris-SAH
- sentence
va-yis-U mi-lib-NA va-ya-kha-NU be-ris-SAH
Exegesis
The verse uses the vav-consecutive narrative sequence with the verbs wayyiṣʾû {וַיִּסְע֖וּ | wayyiṣʾû} “and they set out” and wayyaḥănû {וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | wayyaḥănû} “and they encamped.”
Root and etymology
ח־נ־ה
“to encamp”
In context — Numbers 33:21
They set out from Livnah and camped at Rissah.
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 33:21, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (vayakhanu) 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.33.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.21.W3.S1) and character.