Exodus 19:2:6Exod.19.2.W6TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they encamped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-kha-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈħa.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they encamped
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
va-yis-U meh-re-fi-DIM va-ya-VO-U mid-BAR see-NAI va-ya-kha-NU ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yis-U meh-re-fi-DIM va-ya-VO-U mid-BAR see-NAI va-ya-kha-NU ba-mid-BAR va-yi-KHAN-sham yis-ra-EL NE-ged ha-HAR
Exegesis
The verse uses three successive wayyiqtol forms: vayyisa'u {וַיִּסְע֣וּ | way·yis·‘û} ‘and they set out’, vay yavo'u {וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | way·yā·ḇō·ʾû} ‘and they came’, and vay yachanu {וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ | way·ya·ḥă·nû} ‘and they camped’. These imperfect verbs with vav consecutive sequence events in the narrative.
In context — Exodus 19:2
They journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there facing the mountain .
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 19:2, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (vayakhanu) 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.19.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.2.W6.S1) and character.