Exodus 19:4:6Exod.19.4.W6TAB
וָאֶשָּׂ֤א
vaesa
“{And} I carried”
- Transliteration
- va-e-SA
- Extended
- vah-eh-SAA
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛ.ˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} I carried
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-SA 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.
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 19:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 19:4, so the Hebrew word וָאֶשָּׂ֤א (vaesa) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.4.W6.S1) and character.