Exodus 16:21:1Exod.16.21.W1TAB
וַיִּלְקְט֤וּ
vayilketu
“{And} they gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-ke-TU
- Extended
- vah-yil-keh-TOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jil.qə.ˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they gathered
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yil-ke-TU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yil-ke-TU o-TO
- clause
va-yil-ke-TU o-TO ba-BO-ker ba-BO-ker EESH ke-FI okh-LO
- sentence
va-yil-ke-TU o-TO ba-BO-ker ba-BO-ker EESH ke-FI okh-LO ve-KHAM ha-SHE-mesh ve-na-MAS
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol form vayilketu {וַיִּלְקְטוּ | way-yil-qə-ṭû} marking sequential action.
Root and etymology
l-q-ṭlamed–qoph–tet
“to gather”
In context — Exodus 16:21
They gathered it every morning, dawn after dawn, each man according to his eating ; when the heat of the sun rose, it melted.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 16:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלְקְט֤וּ (vayilketu) 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.16.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.21.W1.S1) and character.