Exodus 17:2:4Exod.17.2.W4TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomroo
“{And} they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-ROO
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.joːm.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they said
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yom-ROO
- 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 subsequent wayyiqtol vayyōmerū {וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ | way-yō-mer-rû} ‘and they said’ introduces the imperative clause tenu-lanū {תְּנוּ־לָ֥נוּ | tə-nû-lā-nû} ‘give to us’, completed by mayim {מַ֖יִם | ma-yim} ‘water’ and the coordinated imperfect ve-nishteh {וְנִשְׁתֶּ֑ה | wə-niš-teh} ‘and we will drink’.
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 17:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 17:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayomroo) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.2.W4.S1) and character.