Exodus 13:18:1Exod.13.18.W1TAB
וַיַּסֵּ֨ב
vayassev
“{And He} led around”
- Transliteration
- va-yas-SEV
- Extended
- vah-yas-SEHV
- IPA
- /waj.jasˈseːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} led around
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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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-yas-SEV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yas-SEV e-lo-HIM et-ha-AM
- clause
va-yas-SEV e-lo-HIM et-ha-AM DE-rekh ham-mid-BAR yam-SUF
- sentence
va-yas-SEV e-lo-HIM et-ha-AM DE-rekh ham-mid-BAR yam-SUF va-kha-mu-SHIM a-LU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive in vayassev {וַיַּסֵּב | wayyasēḇ} ‘and he turned aside’ to signal the next divine action.
In context — Exodus 13:18
So God redirected the people by the wilderness road toward the Sea of Reeds, and the sons of Israel went up armed from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 13:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּסֵּ֨ב (vayassev) 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.13.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.18.W1.S1) and character.