Numbers 33:32:4Num.33.32.W4TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vajjaħaˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they camped
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 | |
| 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-KHOR hag-gid-GAD
- sentence
va-yis-U mib-NEI ya-a-KAN va-ya-kha-NU be-KHOR hag-gid-GAD
Exegesis
The second vav consecutive vayyachanu {וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ | way·ya·ḥă·nū} ‘and they camped’ introduces the next phase at bekhor haggidgad {בְּחֹ֥ר הַגִּדְגָּֽד | bə·ḥôr hag·gid·gād}. English renders Hebrew VSO order into SVO for readability while preserving key place names. The definite article in hag·gid·gād underscores a specific known campsite within the wilderness itinerary.
Root and etymology
ח־נ־ה
“to encamp”
In context — Numbers 33:32
And they set out from Bene Jaakan , and camped at Hor Haggidgad .
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 33:32, 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.33.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.32.W4.S1) and character.