Exodus 14:30:8Exod.14.30.W8TAB
וַיַּ֤רְא
vayar
“{And He} saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} saw
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-YAR yis-ra-EL et-mits-RA-yim MET al-se-FAT ha-YAM
- 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 narrative then shifts to vayyār Yiṣrāʾēl {וַיַּ֤רְא יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | vayyār Yiṣrāʾēl} ‘and Israel saw,’ highlighting human observation.
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 14:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 14:30, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤רְא (vayar) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.30.W8.S1) and character.