Exodus 16:24:9Exod.16.24.W9TAB
וְרִמָּ֖ה
verimma
“and a maggot”
- Transliteration
- ve-rim-MA
- Extended
- veh-rim-MAAH
- IPA
- /və.rim.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a maggot
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-rim-MA
- clause
ve-LO hiv-ISH ve-rim-MA lo-ha-ye-TA BO
- sentence
va-yan-NI-khu o-TO ad-ha-BO-ker ka-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE ve-LO hiv-ISH ve-rim-MA lo-ha-ye-TA BO
Exegesis
The paired result clauses velo hibʾîsh {וְלֹא הִבְאִישׁ | və-lō hibʾîš} ‘and it did not become foul’ and verimmah lohayetah bo {וְרִמָּה לֹא־הָיְתָה בּוֹ | və-rimmāh lō-hāyəṯāh bō} ‘and no maggot was in it’ are coordinated to underscore the miraculous preservation. English uses “and”/“nor” for the Hebrew vav coordination and retains kaasher’s comparative nuance with “as,” emphasizing the link between the command and the outcome.
Root and etymology
“worm, maggot”
In context — Exodus 16:24
So they set it aside until the morning, according to what Moses commanded, and it did not become foul , nor was there any worm in it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 16:24, so the Hebrew word וְרִמָּ֖ה (verimma) 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.16.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.24.W9.S1) and character.