Exodus 16:15:1Exod.16.15.W1TAB

וַיִּרְא֣וּ

vayiru

{And They} saw

Transliteration
va-yir-U
Extended
vah-yir-OO
IPA
/vaj.jir.ˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
{And They} saw

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּרְ + א֣וּ
va + yir + u
vayiru

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yir-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU

  4. sentence

    va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU va-YO-mer mo-SHE a-le-HEM HU ha-LE-khem a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM le-okh-LA

Exegesis

The verse begins with the wayyiqtol verbs vayir'u {וַיִּרְא֣וּ | way-yir-ʾû} ‘and they saw’ and vayomru {וַיֹּאמְר֜וּ | way-yōm-rû} ‘and they said’, establishing narrative sequence.

In contextExodus 16:15

When the sons of Israel saw it, they said each man to his brother, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat ."

About this coordinate

Exodus 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 16:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֣וּ (vayiru) 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.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.15.W1.S1) and character.