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

Result
וַ + יֵּ֥ + רֶד
va + ye + red
vayered

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-red

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YE-red mo-SHE

  3. clause

    va-YE-red mo-SHE el-ha-AM

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.