וַיֵּט֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיֵּט֩

   va-YET

   {And he} stretched out
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֵּט֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה אֶת־יָד֜וֹ

   va-YET mo-SHE et-ya-DO

   Moses {And he} stretched out his hand
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּט֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה אֶת־יָד֜וֹ עַל־הַיָּ֗ם וַיָּ֨שָׁב הַיָּ֜ם לִפְנ֥וֹת בֹּ֙קֶר֙ לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם נָסִ֣ים לִקְרָאת֑וֹ

   va-YET mo-SHE et-ya-DO al-ha-YAM va-ya-SHAV ha-YAM lif-NOT BO-ker le-EI-ta-NO oo-mits-RA-yim na-SEEM lik-RA-to

   Moses {And he} stretched out his hand over the sea the sea {And it} returned at the approach of morning to its usual flow {And} the Egyptians fleeing toward it
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּט֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה אֶת־יָד֜וֹ עַל־הַיָּ֗ם וַיָּ֨שָׁב הַיָּ֜ם לִפְנ֥וֹת בֹּ֙קֶר֙ לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם נָסִ֣ים לִקְרָאת֑וֹ וַיְנַעֵ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃

   va-YET mo-SHE et-ya-DO al-ha-YAM va-ya-SHAV ha-YAM lif-NOT BO-ker le-EI-ta-NO oo-mits-RA-yim na-SEEM lik-RA-to va-ye-na-ER Ye-ho-VAH et-mits-RA-yim be-TOKH ha-YAM

   Moses {And he} stretched out his hand over the sea the sea {And it} returned at the approach of morning to its usual flow {And} the Egyptians fleeing toward it LORD {And he} shook off the Egyptians midst of the sea

Exegesis

The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayet {וַיֵּט֩ | wāy-yeṯ} ‘and he stretched out’, linking the action to the preceding context and portraying Moses as God’s instrument.