Exodus 14:10:3Exod.14.10.W3TAB
וַיִּשְׂאוּ֩
vayisu
“{And They} lifted up”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-U
- Extended
- vah-yis-OO
- IPA
- /waj.jisˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And They} lifted up
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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-yis-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-U ve-nei-yis-ra-EL et-ei-nei-HEM
- 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
This is followed by the vav-consecutive vayis'u {וַיִּשְׂאוּ֩ | vayisʾû} ‘and they lifted,’ linking the construct bnei Yisra'el {בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bənē-Yiśrāʾēl} ‘sons of Israel’ to the direct object et einehem {אֶת־עֵינֵיהֶ֜ם | ʾet ʿênê-hem} ‘their eyes.’
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 14:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 14:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂאוּ֩ (vayisu) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.10.W3.S1) and character.