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
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU
- 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 context — Exodus 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.