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
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-SHA Ye-ho-VAH ba-YOM ha-HU et-yis-ra-EL mi-YAD mits-RA-yim
- 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 context — Exodus 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.