Exodus 19:4:10Exod.19.4.W10TAB
וָאָבִ֥א
vaavi
“{And} I brought”
- Transliteration
- va-a-VI
- Extended
- vah-ah-VEE
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔaː.ˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} I brought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-VI
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-VI et-KHEM
- clause
va-e-SA et-KHEM al-kan-FEI ne-sha-RIM va-a-VI et-KHEM e-LAI
- sentence
a-TEM re-i-TEM a-SHER a-SI-ti le-mits-RA-yim va-e-SA et-KHEM al-kan-FEI ne-sha-RIM va-a-VI et-KHEM e-LAI
Exegesis
Two wayyiqtol verbs, wāʾesā {וָאֶשָּׂא | wā-ʾes-sāʾ} ‘and I lifted’ and wāʾāḇî {וָאָבִא | wā-ʾā-ḇî} ‘and I brought’, each take etkhem {אֶתְכֶם | ʾeṯ-kem} ‘you’, highlighting divine agency.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-vav-aleph
“to come”
In context — Exodus 19:4
You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I lifted you up on eagles’ wings and brought you to Me.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 19:4, so the Hebrew word וָאָבִ֥א (vaavi) 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.19.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.4.W10.S1) and character.