Exodus 23:28:1Exod.23.28.W1TAB
וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י
veshalakhti
“and I will send”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-lakh-TI
- Extended
- veh-shah-lakh-TEE
- IPA
- /wə.ʃaː.laħ.ˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will send
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-lakh-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-lakh-TI et-ha-tsir-AH
- clause
ve-sha-lakh-TI et-ha-tsir-AH le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-sha-lakh-TI et-ha-tsir-AH le-fa-NE-kha ve-GER-sha et-ha-khiv-VI et-ha-ke-na-a-NI ve-et-ha-khit-TI mil-le-fa-NE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Qal perfect veshallachti {וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י | wə-šā-laḥ-tî} ‘and I will send’, indicating divine-future action.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–lamed–het
“to send”
In context — Exodus 23:28
And I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 23:28, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י (veshalakhti) 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.23.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.28.W1.S1) and character.