Exodus 15:25:6Exod.15.25.W6TAB
וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙
vayashlekh
“{And} he threw”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-yash-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃ.ˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he threw
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-LEKH
- clause
va-yits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-RE-hu ye-ho-VAH ETS va-yash-LEKH el-ha-MA-yim va-yim-te-KU ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-RE-hu ye-ho-VAH ETS va-yash-LEKH el-ha-MA-yim va-yim-te-KU ha-MA-yim SHAM SAM LO KHOK u-mish-PAT ve-SHAM nis-SA-hu
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect vayyashlekh {וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ | va-yaš-lēkh} ‘and he threw’ locates Moses in the miraculous act.
In context — Exodus 15:25
He cried out to the LORD , and the LORD showed him a tree. He threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He established for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 15:25, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ (vayashlekh) 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.15.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.25.W6.S1) and character.