Exodus 14:30:1Exod.14.30.W1TAB

וַיּ֨וֹשַׁע

vayosha

{And He} saved

Transliteration
va-yo-SHA
Extended
vah-yoh-SHAH
IPA
/waj.jo.ˈʃaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
{And He} saved

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יּ֨וֹ + שַׁע
va + yo + sha
vayosha

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-SHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD mits-RA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD mits-RA-yim va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-mits-RA-yim MET al-se-FAT ha-YAM

Exegesis

The verse opens with vayyōšaʿ {וַיּ֨וֹשַׁע | vayyōšaʿ} ‘and He saved,’ a Hiphil imperfect with vav conversive that foregrounds divine causation.

Root and etymology

y-š-ʿyod–shin–ayin

to save, deliver

In contextExodus 14:30

And the LORD saved Israel on that day from the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 14:30, so the Hebrew word וַיּ֨וֹשַׁע (vayosha) 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.14.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.30.W1.S1) and character.