Exodus 18:24:5Exod.18.24.W5TAB
וַיַּ֕עַשׂ
vayaas
“and did”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-AS
- Extended
- vah-YAH-ahs
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjaʕ.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- and did
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YA-AS
- clause
va-YA-AS KOL a-SHER a-MAR
- sentence
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH le-KOL khot-NO va-YA-AS KOL a-SHER a-MAR
Exegesis
The second wayyiqtol wayyaas {וַיַּ֕עַשׂ | way-ya-ʿaś} ‘and he did’ governs the relative clause kol asher amar {כֹּל אֲשֶׁר אָמָֽר׃ | kōl ʾă-šer ʾā-mar} ‘all that he had said’, reinforcing swift and complete obedience. This perfective sequence and relative construction highlight the immediacy and totality of Moses’s compliance.
In context — Exodus 18:24
And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and he carried out everything that he had said.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 18:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֕עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.18.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.24.W5.S1) and character.