Exodus 17:12:4Exod.17.12.W4TAB
וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן
vayikkhueven
“{And} they took a stone”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-khu-E-ven
- Extended
- vah-yik-khoo-EH-ven
- IPA
- /waj.jiq.ħuː.ˈʔɛ.vɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they took a stone
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-khu-E-ven
- clause
vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha
- sentence
vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV mi-ZEH e-KHAD oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD va-ye-HI ya-DAV e-moo-NA ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh
Exegesis
A sequence of wayyiqtol verbs—vayikchu {וַיִּקְחוּ | way-yiq-ḥû} ‘took,’ vayasimu {וַיָּשִׂימוּ | way-yā-śî-mû} ‘placed,’ and vayeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yê-šeḇ} ‘sat’—drives the narrative momentum.
Root and etymology
א־ב־ן
“stone, building block”
In context — Exodus 17:12
When the hands of Moses became heavy, they brought a stone and set it beneath him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on each side, so that his hands stayed steady until the sun went down.
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 17:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן (vayikkhueven) 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.17.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.12.W4.S1) and character.