Exodus 17:12:9Exod.17.12.W9TAB
וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן
veaharon
“and Aaron”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-ha-RON
- Extended
- veh-ah-hah-ROHN
- IPA
- /wə.ʔa.ha.ˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Aaron
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-ha-RON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR
- clause
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
- 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
The coordinated subjects veAharon {וְאַהֲרֹן | wə-ʾa-hă-rōn} and veChur {וְח֜וּר | wə-ḥûr} introduce Aaron and Hur, and tamchu {תָּמְכוּ | tām-khû} ‘supported’ with beyadav {בְיָדָיו | bə-yā-ḏāw} ‘in his hands’ describes their aid in a distributive pattern marked by mizzeh echad {מִזֶּה אֶחָד | miz-zeh ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘one on this side’ and umizzeh echad {וּמִזֶּה אֶחָד | ū-miz-zeh ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘one on that side.’
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 17:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 17:12, so the Hebrew word וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן (veaharon) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.12.W9.S1) and character.