Exodus 16:20:3Exod.16.20.W3TAB
וַיּוֹתִ֨רוּ
vayotiru
“left over”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-TI-ru
- Extended
- vah-yoh-TEE-roo
- IPA
- /waj.joː.ˈθiː.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- left over
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-TI-ru
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu
- clause
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu ad-BO-ker va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM va-yiv-ASH
- sentence
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu ad-BO-ker va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM va-yiv-ASH va-yik-TSOF a-LE-hem mo-SHE
Exegesis
Vav consecutive Hiphil vayotiru {וַיּוֹתִרוּ | way-yō-tî-rû} ‘they left over’ indicates voluntary action by anashim {אֲנָשִׁים | ʾă-nā-šîm}, with mimmennu {מִמֶּנּוּ | mim-men-nū} ‘from it’ referring to manna.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–tav–resh
“to remain, be left over”
In context — Exodus 16:20
But they did not heed Moses , and some of the people reserved a portion until dawn; it then swarmed with maggots and turned putrid, so Moses was angry with them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 16:20, so the Hebrew word וַיּוֹתִ֨רוּ (vayotiru) 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.16.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.20.W3.S1) and character.