Exodus 13:18:7Exod.13.18.W7TAB
וַחֲמֻשִׁ֛ים
vakhamushim
“armed”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-mu-SHIM
- Extended
- vah-khah-moo-SHEEM
- IPA
- /wa.ħa.muˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- armed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-mu-SHIM
- clause
va-kha-mu-SHIM a-LU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- 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 circumstantial participle vachamushim {וַחֲמֻשִׁים | waḥammûšîm} ‘and armed’ emphasizes Israel’s military readiness, while the main verb alu {עָל֥וּ | ʿālû} ‘they went up’ initiates the departure.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-šchet–mem–shin
“armed”
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 13:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 13:18, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמֻשִׁ֛ים (vakhamushim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.18.W7.S1) and character.