Exodus 18:14:1Exod.18.14.W1TAB
וַיַּרְא֙
vayar
“{And He} saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /vajˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} saw
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- clause
va-YAR kho-TEN mo-SHE ET kol-a-sher-HU o-SE la-AM
- sentence
va-YAR kho-TEN mo-SHE ET kol-a-sher-HU o-SE la-AM va-yo-MER mah-had-da-VAR ha-ZE a-SHER a-TA o-SE la-AM mad-DU-a a-TA yo-SHEV le-vad-DE-kha ve-khol-ha-AM nit-TSAV a-LE-kha min-BO-ker ad-A-rev
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol verb wayyar {וַיַּרְא | wayyărʾ} ‘and he saw’, which introduces the narrative clause.
In context — Exodus 18:14
When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this matter that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit by yourself while all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 18:14, so the Hebrew word וַיַּרְא֙ (vayar) 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.18.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.14.W1.S1) and character.