Exodus 14:17:1Exod.14.17.W1TAB
וַאֲנִ֗י
vaani
“And I”
- Transliteration
- va-a-NI
- Extended
- vah-ah-NEE
- IPA
- /wa.ʔăˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-NI
- clause
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem
- sentence
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-far-O u-ve-khol-khei-LO be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with vaani {וַאֲנִי | vaʾanî} ‘and I’, asserting divine agency.
In context — Exodus 14:17
And I —behold, I am hardening the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will come after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and through all his army, through his chariots and through his horsemen.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 14:17, so the Hebrew word וַאֲנִ֗י (vaani) 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.14.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.17.W1.S1) and character.