Exodus 19:14:7Exod.19.14.W7TAB
וַֽיְכַבְּס֖וּ
vayekhabbesu
“and they washed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khab-be-SU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khab-be-SOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jəxab.beˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they washed
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-khab-be-SU
- clause
va-ye-ka-DESH et-ha-AM va-ye-khab-be-SU sim-lo-TAM
- sentence
va-ye-RED mo-SHEH min-ha-HAR el-ha-AM va-ye-ka-DESH et-ha-AM va-ye-khab-be-SU sim-lo-TAM
Exegesis
The final verb vayekabsu {וַֽיְכַבְּס֖וּ | way-yaḵ-bə-sû} ‘and they washed’ introduces a plural subject, highlighting communal participation in purification, and simlotam {שִׂמְלֹתָֽם | šim-lō-ṯām} ‘their garments’ emphasizes the tangible readiness for divine encounter. This cumulative vav-consecutive structure tightly links consecration and cleansing within the covenantal context.
In context — Exodus 19:14
Moses came down from the mountain to the people, consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְכַבְּס֖וּ (vayekhabbesu) 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.19.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.14.W7.S1) and character.