Exodus 14:10:10Exod.14.10.W10TAB
וַיִּֽירְאוּ֙
vayiru
“{And} they feared”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-U
- Extended
- vah-yir-OO
- IPA
- /waj.jirˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they feared
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- clause
va-yis-U ve-nei-yis-ra-EL et-ei-nei-HEM ve-hin-NEH mits-RA-yim no-SE-a a-kha-rei-HEM va-yir-U me-OD va-yits-a-KU ve-nei-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
u-far-OH hik-RIV va-yis-U ve-nei-yis-ra-EL et-ei-nei-HEM ve-hin-NEH mits-RA-yim no-SE-a a-kha-rei-HEM va-yir-U me-OD va-yits-a-KU ve-nei-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The sequence vayiru me'od {וַיִּֽירְאוּ מְאֹד | vayyirʾû mēʾōḏ} ‘and they feared exceedingly’ heightens the tension, and vayitsa'ku {וַיִּצְעֲקוּ֥ | vayyitṣaʿqû} ‘and they cried out,’ framed by bnei Yisra'el, culminates as the people turn el YHWH {אֶל־יְהוָֽה | ʾel־YHWH} ‘to the LORD,’ marking the theological pivot toward divine deliverance.
In context — Exodus 14:10
And Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, Egypt was marching after them, and they were greatly afraid, and the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 14:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽירְאוּ֙ (vayiru) 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.14.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.10.W10.S1) and character.