Exodus 17:3:1Exod.17.3.W1TAB
וַיִּצְמָ֨א
vayitsma
“thirsted”
- Transliteration
- va-yits-MA
- Extended
- vah-yits-MAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jits.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- thirsted
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yits-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yits-MA SHAM ha-AM
- clause
va-yits-MA SHAM ha-AM lam-MA-yim va-ya-LEN ha-AM al-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yits-MA SHAM ha-AM lam-MA-yim va-ya-LEN ha-AM al-mo-SHEH va-YO-mer la-MAH ZEH he-eh-li-TA-noo mim-mits-RA-yim le-ha-MIT o-TI ve-et-ba-NAI ve-et-mik-NAI ba-tsa-MA
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the wayyiqtol verb vayitsma {וַיִּצְמָ֨א | wayyits-māʾ} ‘became thirsty’, creating a sense of unfolding crisis.
Root and etymology
ts-m-ʾtsade–mem–aleph
“to thirst, be parched”
In context — Exodus 17:3
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses . They said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt, to cause us and our children and our livestock to die from thirst ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּצְמָ֨א (vayitsma) 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.17.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.3.W1.S1) and character.