Exodus 13:15:5Exod.13.15.W5TAB
וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג
vayaharog
“{And He} killed”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ha-ROG
- Extended
- vah-yah-hah-ROHG
- IPA
- /waj.ja.hăˈroːɣ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} killed
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-ha-ROG
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-ha-ROG Ye-ho-VAH kol-be-KHOR
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-hik-SHAA par-O le-shal-le-KHE-nu va-ya-ha-ROG Ye-ho-VAH kol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR a-DAM ve-ad-be-KHOR be-he-MA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-hik-SHAA par-O le-shal-le-KHE-nu va-ya-ha-ROG Ye-ho-VAH kol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR a-DAM ve-ad-be-KHOR be-he-MA al-KEN a-NI zo-VE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH kol-PE-ter RE-khem haz-ze-kha-RIM ve-kol-be-KHOR ba-NAI ef-DE
Exegesis
The Piel infinitive leshalləḥenu {לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ | lə-šal-lə-ḥê-nû} ‘to send us’ serves as the action Pharaoh resists, while the subsequent vav-consecutive vayaharog {וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג | wə-ya-har-ôg} ‘and he killed’ shifts to YHWH’s judgment.
In context — Exodus 13:15
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about sending us away, that the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD every male that opens the womb, but I redeem every firstborn of my sons.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 13:15, so the Hebrew word וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג (vayaharog) 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 Exod.13.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.15.W5.S1) and character.