Exodus 14:9:4Exod.14.9.W4TAB
וַיַּשִׂ֤יגוּ
vayasigu
“{And} they overtook”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SI-gu
- Extended
- vah-yah-SEE-goo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈsiː.ɣuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they overtook
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SI-gu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SI-gu o-TAM
- clause
va-yir-deh-FU mits-RA-yim a-kha-RE-hem va-ya-SI-gu o-TAM kho-NIM al-ha-YAM kol-SUS RE-khev par-OH oo-fa-ra-SHAV ve-khei-LO
- sentence
va-yir-deh-FU mits-RA-yim a-kha-RE-hem va-ya-SI-gu o-TAM kho-NIM al-ha-YAM kol-SUS RE-khev par-OH oo-fa-ra-SHAV ve-khei-LO al-PI ha-khi-ROT lif-NEI BA-al tse-FON
In context — Exodus 14:9
The Egyptians pursued them and overtook them as they were camped by the sea, with all of Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his horsemen and his army, by Pi Hahiroth , before Baal Zephon .
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:9, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשִׂ֤יגוּ (vayasigu) 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.14.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.9.W4.S1) and character.