Exodus 14:28:3Exod.14.28.W3TAB
וַיְכַסּ֤וּ
vayekhasu
“{And} they covered”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kha-SU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khah-SOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ə.xasˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they covered
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-kha-SU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim va-ye-kha-SU et-ha-RE-khev ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM le-KHOL KHEIL par-OH ha-ba-IM a-kha-rei-HEM ba-YAM lo-nish-AR ba-HEM ad-e-KHAD
Exegesis
The sequence continues with vayekassu {וַיְכַסּוּ | wayyəḵassû} ‘and covered’.
In context — Exodus 14:28
And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, the entire army of Pharaoh that pursued them into the sea, and not one remained among them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 14:28, so the Hebrew word וַיְכַסּ֤וּ (vayekhasu) 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.14.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.28.W3.S1) and character.