Exodus 14:27:5Exod.14.27.W5TAB
וַיָּ֨שָׁב
vayashav
“{And it} returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /waj.jaˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And it} returned
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV ha-YAM
- clause
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
- 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 sequence vayashav hayam {וַיָּ֨שָׁב הַיָּ֜ם | wāy-yā-šāḇ ha-yām} ‘and the sea returned’ functions as a result clause, followed by the infinitive lifnot {לִפְנ֥וֹת | līp-nôṯ} ‘to turn’ and the temporal noun boker {בֹּ֙קֶר֙ | bō-qer} ‘morning’, specifying the timing of restoration.
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 14:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 14:27, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֨שָׁב (vayashav) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.27.W5.S1) and character.