Exodus 15:26:10Exod.15.26.W10TAB

וְהֽ͏ַאֲזַנְתָּ֙

vehaazanta

and you give ear

Transliteration
ve-ha-a-zan-TA
Extended
veh-hah-ah-zahn-TAA
IPA
/wə.ha.ʔă.zanˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
and you give ear

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הֽ͏ַ + אֲ + זַנְ + תָּ֙
ve + ha + a + zan + ta
vehaazanta

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Zayinz as in zero
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-a-zan-TA

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-ya-SHAR be-eh-NAAV ta-a-SE ve-ha-a-zan-TA le-mits-vo-TAAV ve-sha-mar-TA kol-khuk-KAAV

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA le-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-ya-SHAR be-eh-NAAV ta-a-SE ve-ha-a-zan-TA le-mits-vo-TAAV ve-sha-mar-TA kol-khuk-KAAV kal-ha-ma-kha-LAA a-sher-SAM-ti ve-mits-RA-yim lo-a-SEEM a-LE-kha KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH rof-E-kha

Exegesis

A sequence of three coordinated imperatives—ta-a-seh {תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה | taʿ-ă-śêh} ‘you will do’, ve-ha-a-zan-ta {וְהַֽאֲזַנְתָּ֙ | wə-hă-ʾă-zan-tā} ‘you will give ear’, ve-sha-mar-ta {וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖ | wə-šā-mar-tā} ‘you will keep’—specifies faithful response to covenant law.

In contextExodus 15:26

And He said, “If you diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God , and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commandments, and keep all His statutes , I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD your Healer.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 15:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 15:26, so the Hebrew word וְהֽ͏ַאֲזַנְתָּ֙ (vehaazanta) 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.15.26.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.26.W10.S1) and character.