Exodus 14:20:10Exod.14.20.W10TAB

וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ

vehakhoshekh

“and the darkness”

Transliteration: ve-ha-KHO-shekh
Extended: veh-hah-KHOH-shekh
IPA: /və.haˈxoː.ʃɛx/

Meaning by language

English: and the darkness

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + הַ + חֹ֔ + שֶׁךְ

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ve + ha + kho + shekh

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vehakhoshekh

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
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Chet	ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Kaf Sofit	final form of Kaf — at word end
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-ha-KHO-shekh
clause
va-ya-VO BEIN ma-kha-NEH mits-RA-yim u-VEIN ma-kha-NEH yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI he-a-NAN ve-ha-KHO-shekh va-ya-ER et-hal-LAI-la
sentence
va-ya-VO BEIN ma-kha-NEH mits-RA-yim u-VEIN ma-kha-NEH yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI he-a-NAN ve-ha-KHO-shekh va-ya-ER et-hal-LAI-la ve-lo-ka-RAV ZEH el-ZEH kol-hal-LAI-la

Exegesis

The paired subjects he‘anan {הֶֽעָנָן | hê-‘a-nān} ‘cloud’ and vehachoshekh {וְהַחֹשֶׁךְ | vê-ḥă-ḥô-shekh} ‘darkness’ set up a contrast that is then resolved by illumination of the night (et-hallailah {אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה | ’et-ha-lai-lāh}).

In context — Exodus 14:20

And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light to the night for these; and neither camp drew near the other all night.

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 14:20, so the Hebrew word וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (vehakhoshekh) 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.14.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.20.W10.S1) and character.

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