Exodus 13:8:1Exod.13.8.W1TAB

וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣

vehiggadta

“you shall tell”

Transliteration: ve-hig-gad-TA
Extended: veh-hihg-gahd-TAA
IPA: /və.hiɡ.ɡað.ˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English: you shall tell

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + הִג + גַּדְ + תָּ֣

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ve + hig + gad + ta

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vehiggadta

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Gimel	g as in good
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Dalet	d as in door
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-hig-gad-TA
phraseyour reading level
ve-hig-gad-TA le-vin-KHA
clause
ve-hig-gad-TA le-vin-KHA bay-YOM ha-HU leh-MOR
sentence
ve-hig-gad-TA le-vin-KHA bay-YOM ha-HU leh-MOR ba-a-VUR ZE a-SA Ye-ho-VAH LI be-tseh-TI mi-mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

The directive begins with the vav-consecutive vehigadta {וְהִגַּדְתָּ | wə-hig-gāḏ-tā} marking a perfect-to-imperative shift, followed by the indirect object levincha {לְבִנְךָ | lə-vîn-kā} ‘to your son.’

In context — Exodus 13:8

And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, “This is because of what the LORD did for me when I went out from Egypt .”

About this coordinate

Exodus 13:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 13:8, so the Hebrew word וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ (vehiggadta) 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.13.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.8.W1.S1) and character.

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