Exodus 14:24:4Exod.14.24.W4TAB
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף
vayashkef
“{And He} looked down”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KEF
- Extended
- vah-yash-KEHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈqeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} looked down
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yash-KEF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-KEF Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-HI be-ash-MO-ret ha-BO-ker va-yash-KEF Ye-ho-VAH el-ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim be-am-MUD ESH ve-a-NAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-ash-MO-ret ha-BO-ker va-yash-KEF Ye-ho-VAH el-ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim be-am-MUD ESH ve-a-NAN va-ya-HAM ET ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The Hiphil verb vayashkef {וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף | vā̆-yaš-kêp} ‘and he looked down’ expresses intentional divine observation, followed by the directional prepositional phrase el-machaneh Mitsrayim {אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֔יִם | ʾel-maḥă-nêh Miṣrāyim} ‘toward the camp of Egypt’.
In context — Exodus 14:24
And it came to pass during the morning watch that the LORD looked down upon the camp of the Egyptians in the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw the camp of the Egyptians into confusion.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף (vayashkef) 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.14.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.24.W4.S1) and character.