Exodus 20:18:10Exod.20.18.W10TAB
וַיַּ֤רְא
vahyar
“and saw”
- Transliteration
- vah-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAAR
- IPA
- /vajˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and saw
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vah-YAR
- phraseyour reading level
vah-YAR ha-AM
- clause
vah-YAR ha-AM vah-yah-NU-oo vah-yah-AM-DOO meh-rah-KHOK
- sentence
veh-KHOL-hah-AM ro-EEM et-ha-KO-LOT veh-EHT-hah-lah-PEE-DEEM ve-ET KOL ha-SHO-FAR veh-EHT-hah-HAR a-SHEEN vah-YAR ha-AM vah-yah-NU-oo vah-yah-AM-DOO meh-rah-KHOK
Exegesis
The narrative then moves through vayar {וַיַּ֤רְא | way-yarʾ} ‘and saw’, vayanū {וַיָּנֻ֔עוּ | way-yā-nu-ʿû} ‘and trembled’, and vayaamdu {וַיּֽ͏ַעַמְד֖וּ | way-ya-ʿam-dû} ‘and stood’, culminating in merachoq {מֵֽרָחֹק | mē-rā-ḥōq} ‘from afar’, which conveys the people’s reverent withdrawal. This structure emphasizes the overpowering nature of the divine manifestation and the human response of awe, fear, and separation.
In context — Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the voices and the flashes of fire , the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; the people trembled and stood at a distance.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 20:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤רְא (vahyar) 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.20.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.18.W10.S1) and character.