Numbers 33:5:4Num.33.5.W4TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ħaˈnuː/
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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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU be-su-KOT
- sentence
va-yis-U be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-ra-am-seis va-ya-kha-NU be-su-KOT
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive clause vayachanu {וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | wa·ya·ḥa·nû} ‘and they camped’ denotes arrival, followed by besukkot {בְּסֻכֹּֽת | bĕ·su·kōṯ} ‘at Sukkoth’. English rendering shifts Hebrew verb–subject–preposition–object order into subject–verb–object for readability, preserving the sequential flow and emphasizing the regular pattern of station-to-station movement in the wilderness itinerary.
Root and etymology
ח־נ־ה
“to encamp”
In context — Numbers 33:5
And the sons of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Sukkoth .
About this coordinate
Numbers 33:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 33:5, 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.33.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.33.5.W4.S1) and character.