Exodus 14:27:13Exod.14.27.W13TAB
וַיְנַעֵ֧ר
vayenaer
“{And he} shook off”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-na-ER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-nah-EHR
- IPA
- /waj.na.ˈʕeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And he} shook off
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-na-ER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-na-ER Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-na-ER Ye-ho-VAH et-mits-RA-yim be-TOKH ha-YAM
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive Piel imperfect vayenaer {וַיְנַעֵ֧ר | wāy-nə-ʿêṯ} ‘and he swept away’ emphasizes decisive divine judgment.
Root and etymology
n-ʿ-rnun–ayin–resh
“shake off, sweep away”
In context — Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at the turning of the morning to its full strength ; and the Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:27:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 14:27, so the Hebrew word וַיְנַעֵ֧ר (vayenaer) 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.14.27.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.27.W13.S1) and character.