Exodus 14:28:5Exod.14.28.W5TAB
וְאֶת־הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים
veethaparashim
“and the horsemen”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-pah-rah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛt.hap.pa.raˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the horsemen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-pa-ra-SHIM
- 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 direct object markers et {אֶת | ʾet} and we’et {וְאֶת | wəʾet} mark harekhev {הָרֶכֶב | hā-reḵeb} ‘the chariots’ and happarashim {הַפָּרָשִׁים | happārāšîm} ‘the horsemen’ as recipients of the action.
Root and etymology
y-myod–mem
“sea”
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 14:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 14:28, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים (veethaparashim) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.28.W5.S1) and character.