Numbers 7:2:1Num.7.2.W1TAB
וַיַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙
vayakreevu
“then approached”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-REE-vu
- Extended
- vah-yak-REE-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaqˈriːvu/
Meaning by language
- English
- then approached
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yak-REE-vu
- clause
va-yak-REE-vu ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ra-shei BEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
va-yak-REE-vu ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ra-shei BEIT a-vo-TAM HEM ne-si-EI ha-ma-TOT HEM ha-om-DIM al-hap-keu-DIM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive form vayakrivu {וַיַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙ | vayyaqrîvû} ‘and they brought near,’ marking the sequence of tribal presentation.
In context — Numbers 7:2
And they brought near the leaders of Israel, the heads of the house of their fathers—these were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones standing over the counted .
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 7:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙ (vayakreevu) 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.7.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.2.W1.S1) and character.