Exodus 18:20:12Exod.18.20.W12TAB
יַעֲשֽׂוּן׃
yaasoon
“they shall do”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-SOON
- Extended
- yah-ah-SOON
- IPA
- /ja.ʕa.ˈsuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- they shall do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-SOON
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ya-a-SOON
- clause
ve-ho-da-TA la-HEM et-ha-DE-rekh YEL-khu BAH ve-et-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER ya-a-SOON
- sentence
ve-hiz-har-TA et-HEM et-ha-khu-KIM ve-et-ha-to-ROT ve-ho-da-TA la-HEM et-ha-DE-rekh YEL-khu BAH ve-et-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER ya-a-SOON
Exegesis
Finally, the coordinated object veet hamaaseh asher yaasoon {וְאֶת־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֽׂוּן | wə-ʾeṯ-ha-ma-ʿă-seh ʾă-šer ya-ʿă-sûn} ‘and the deed which they shall do’ moves from principle to praxis, the imperfect stems paralleling walking and doing.
In context — Exodus 18:20
And you shall warn them about the statutes and the instructions, and you shall make known to them the way in which they should walk and the deed which they should do.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 18:20, so the Hebrew word יַעֲשֽׂוּן׃ (yaasoon) 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.18.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.20.W12.S1) and character.