Exodus 19:16:8Exod.19.16.W8TAB
וּבְרָקִ֜ים
ooberakeem
“and lightnings”
- Transliteration
- oo-be-ra-KEEM
- Extended
- oo-veh-rah-KEEM
- IPA
- /uvəraˈqiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lightnings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
oo-be-ra-KEEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER ba-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
A second vayhi {וַיְהִי | wa-yəhî} introduces the coordinated phenomena kolot {קֹלֹת | qō-lōṯ} ‘sounds’, uberakim {וּבְרָקִים | û-və-rā-qîm} ‘and lightnings’, and veanan kaved al-hahar {וְעָנָן כָּבֵד עַל־הָהָר | və-ʿā-nān kā-vē-ḏ ʿal-hā-hār} ‘and a heavy cloud upon the mountain’. The asyndetic list heightens the sensory portrayal.
In context — Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning arrived, there were sounds and lightnings, and a heavy cloud lay on the mountain; the sound of a shofar was extremely loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 19:16, so the Hebrew word וּבְרָקִ֜ים (ooberakeem) 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.19.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.16.W8.S1) and character.