Exodus 16:13:5Exod.16.13.W5TAB

וַתְּכַ֖

vatekhas

{And} it covered

Transliteration
va-te-KHAS
Extended
vah-teh-KHAHS
IPA
/wat.təˈxas/

Meaning by language

English
{And} it covered

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תְּ + כַ֖
va + te + khas
vatekhas

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-te-KHAS

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-ta-AL ha-se-LAV va-te-KHAS et-ha-ma-kha-NEH

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-ta-AL ha-se-LAV va-te-KHAS et-ha-ma-kha-NEH u-va-BO-ker ha-ye-TAH shikh-VAT ha-TAL sa-VIV la-ma-kha-NEH

Exegesis

The follow-up wayyiqtol vatekhas {וַתְּכַס | wat-tə-khas} ‘and covered’ takes the camp as its object, marked by et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ}.

In contextExodus 16:13

And it happened in the evening that the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew lay around the camp.

About this coordinate

Exodus 16:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 16:13, so the Hebrew word וַתְּכַ֖ (vatekhas) 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.16.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.13.W5.S1) and character.