Exodus 14:4:12Exod.14.4.W12TAB

וַיּֽ͏ַעֲשׂוּ־כֵֽן׃

vayaasookhen

{And} they did so

Transliteration
va-ya-a-soo-KHEN
Extended
vah-yah-ah-soo-KHEHN
IPA
/vaj.ja.ʕa.suː.ˈxeːn/

Meaning by language

English
{And} they did so

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יּֽ͏ַ + עֲ + שׂוּ + כֵֽן׃
va + ya + a + soo + khen
vayaasookhen

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-a-soo-KHEN

  2. sentence

    ve-khiz-zak-TI et-lev-par-OH ve-rah-DAF a-kha-RE-hem ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-par-OH oo-ve-khol-KHE-lo ve-yah-de-OO mits-RA-yim ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-soo-KHEN

Exegesis

The final ken {כֵֽן׃ | kên} ‘thus’ concludes the narrative action.

In contextExodus 14:4

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart , and he will pursue them. Then I will be glorified through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD . And they did so.

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 14:4, so the Hebrew word וַיּֽ͏ַעֲשׂוּ־כֵֽן׃ (vayaasookhen) 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.14.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.4.W12.S1) and character.