Exodus 17:2:1Exod.17.2.W1TAB
וַיָּ֤רֶב
vayarev
“{And} quarreled”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-REV
- Extended
- vah-yah-REV
- IPA
- /waj.jaː.ˈrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} quarreled
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-REV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-REV ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-mo-SHEH va-yom-ROO teh-NOO-lah-NOO MA-yim ve-nish-TEH
- sentence
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-mo-SHEH va-yom-ROO teh-NOO-lah-NOO MA-yim ve-nish-TEH va-YO-mer la-HEM mo-SHEH mah-te-ri-VOON im-ma-DEE mah-te-na-SOON et-yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayyarev {וַיָּ֤רֶב | way-yā-reḇ} ‘and he quarreled’, a wayyiqtol verb initiating the narrative, followed by the subject haam {הָעָם֙ | hā-ʿām} ‘the people’.
In context — Exodus 17:2
Then the people argued with Moses and said, “Give us water so that we may drink.” Moses said to them, “Why are you arguing with me? Why are you testing the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 17:2, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֤רֶב (vayarev) 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.17.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.2.W1.S1) and character.