Exodus 17:1:8Exod.17.1.W8TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙
vayakhanu
“{And} they camped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-khah-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ħa.ˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they camped
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU bir-fi-DIM ve-EIN MA-yim lish-TOT ha-AM
- sentence
va-yis-U kol-a-DAT be-nei-yis-ra-EL mi-mid-bar-SIN le-mas-EI-hem al-PI Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-kha-NU bir-fi-DIM ve-EIN MA-yim lish-TOT ha-AM
Exegesis
The narrative employs two wayyiqtol forms: wayyis'u {וַ֠יִּסְעוּ | wayyisʿû} ‘and they set out’ and wayyaḥănû {וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ | wayyaḥănû} ‘and they camped’, marking sequential actions.
In context — Exodus 17:1
So the full assembly of Israel’s offspring moved out from the Wilderness of Sin in segments under the LORD’s instruction; they encamped at Rephidim, yet water was lacking for the people to drink.
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 17:1, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙ (vayakhanu) 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.17.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.1.W8.S1) and character.