Exodus 23:28:4Exod.23.28.W4TAB
וְגֵרְשָׁ֗ה
vegersha
“and it will drive out”
- Transliteration
- ve-GER-sha
- Extended
- veh-GEHR-shah
- IPA
- /wə.ˈɣeːr.ʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will drive out
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-GER-sha
- clause
ve-GER-sha et-ha-khiv-VI et-ha-ke-na-a-NI ve-et-ha-khit-TI mil-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 second clause begins with the vav-consecutive Piel perfect vegershah {וְגֵרְשָׁ֗ה | wə-gēr-šāh} ‘and it will drive out’, where the feminine verb agrees with the collective agent.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–resh–shin
“to drive out, expel”
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 23:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 23:28, so the Hebrew word וְגֵרְשָׁ֗ה (vegersha) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.28.W4.S1) and character.