Exodus 20:21:1Exod.20.21.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד
vayaamod
“stood”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-MOD
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-MOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕă.ˈmoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- stood
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-MOD
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM me-ra-KHOK
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM me-ra-KHOK oo-mo-SHEH ni-GASH el-ha-a-ra-FEL a-sher-SHAM ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the verb vaya'amod {וַיַּעֲמֹד | way-yaʿă-mōd} ‘and stood’, employing the Qal wayyiqtol form with vav-consecutive to introduce the narrative action.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-dayin–mem–dalet
“to stand”
In context — Exodus 20:21
The people stood at a distance , but Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 20:21, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד (vayaamod) 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.20.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.21.W1.S1) and character.