Exodus 16:20:9Exod.16.20.W9TAB
וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ
vayivash
“stank”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-ASH
- Extended
- vah-yiv-AHSH
- IPA
- /waj.jiv.ˈʔaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- stank
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiv-ASH
- 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
A rapid chain of wayyiqtol sequences follows: vayyārum {וַיָּ֥רֻם | way-yā-rum} ‘it bred’, yielding tola'im {תוֹלָעִים | tô-lā-ʿîm} ‘maggots’, then vayyib'aš {וַיִּבְאַשׁ | way-yib-ʾaš} ‘it became foul’, culminating in vayyikṣof {וַיִּקְצֹף | way-yiq-ṣōp} ‘he became angry’.
Root and etymology
“to stink, be foul”
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 16:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 16:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ (vayivash) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.20.W9.S1) and character.