Exodus 2:23:13Exod.2.23.W13TAB
שַׁוְעָתָ֛ם
shavatam
“their cry for help”
- Transliteration
- sha-va-TAM
- Extended
- shah-vah-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʃaw.ʕaːˈθaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their cry for help
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
sha-va-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-AL sha-va-TAM
- clause
va-ta-AL sha-va-TAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-vo-DA
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-ya-MIM ha-ra-BIM ha-HEM va-ya-MAT ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-ye-an-KHU ve-nei-yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-vo-DA va-yiz-a-KU va-ta-AL sha-va-TAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-vo-DA
Exegesis
Vattā‘al šavə‘āṯām {וַתַּ֧עַל שַׁוְעָתָם | wa-tta-’al šav-ə-’ā-tam} ‘and their cry went up’ visually conveys the ascending motion of supplication.
In context — Exodus 2:23
After many days the king of Egypt died. The sons of Israel groaned under the labor and cried out, and their cry for help rose up to God from the labor.
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 2:23, so the Hebrew word שַׁוְעָתָ֛ם (shavatam) 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.2.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.23.W13.S1) and character.