Exodus 14:6:1Exod.14.6.W1TAB
וַיֶּאְסֹ֖ר
vayeesor
“{And} he harnessed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-SOR
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-SOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛ.ʔə.ˈsoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he harnessed
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-SOR
- clause
va-ye-e-SOR et-rikh-BO
- sentence
va-ye-e-SOR et-rikh-BO ve-et-am-MO la-KAKH im-MO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the sequential verb vayyasor {וַיֶּאְסֹ֖ר | wayyēʾṣôr} ‘and he harnessed’, immediately followed by the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} introducing rikhvo {רִכְבּ֑וֹ | riḵbô} ‘his chariot’.
Root and etymology
א־ס־ר
“to bind, tie”
In context — Exodus 14:6
So Pharaoh harnessed his chariot , and he took his people with him.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 14:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאְסֹ֖ר (vayeesor) 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.14.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.6.W1.S1) and character.