Exodus 15:25:8Exod.15.25.W8TAB
וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ
vayimteku
“{And They} became sweet”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-te-KU
- Extended
- vah-yim-te-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jim.tə.ˈquː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And They} became sweet
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-te-KU
- 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 Qal imperfect vayimteku {וַֽיִּמְתְּקוּ | va-yim-te-qû} ‘and they became sweet’ agrees with the plural hamayim {הַמָּ֑יִם | ham-ma-yim}, underscoring the pronounced miracle.
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 15:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 15:25, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ (vayimteku) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.25.W8.S1) and character.