Exodus 19:25:1Exod.19.25.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֥רֶד
vayered
“{And He} went down”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-red
- Extended
- vah-YEH-rehd
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjeː.rɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} went down
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-YE-red
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-red mo-SHE
- clause
va-YE-red mo-SHE el-ha-AM
- sentence
va-YE-red mo-SHE el-ha-AM va-YO-mer a-LE-hem
Exegesis
The verse uses two sequential wayyiqtol verbs, vayered {וַיֵּ֥רֶד | way-yê-reḏ} ‘and he went down’ and vayomer {וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | way-yō-mer} ‘and he said’.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to go down, descend”
In context — Exodus 19:25
Then Moses descended to the people and addressed them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 19:25, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥רֶד (vayered) 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.19.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.25.W1.S1) and character.