Exodus 16:21:8Exod.16.21.W8TAB
וְחַ֥ם
vekham
“{And} grew hot”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHAM
- Extended
- veh-KHAHM
- IPA
- /wə.ˈħam/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} grew hot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHAM ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
ve-KHAM ha-SHE-mesh ve-na-MAS
- 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 circumstantial clause vekham hashemesh {וְחַם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | wə-ḥam haš-še-meš} sets the environmental condition, and venamas {וְנָמָס | wə-nā-mās} describes the manna’s natural dissolution under heat, maintaining temporal flow and cause-and-effect.
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 16:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 16:21, so the Hebrew word וְחַ֥ם (vekham) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.21.W8.S1) and character.