Exodus 24:2:1Exod.24.2.W1TAB

וְנִגַּ֨שׁ

veniggash

{And He} shall come near

Transliteration
ve-nig-GASH
Extended
veh-nihg-GAHSH
IPA
/wəniɡˈɡaʃ/

Meaning by language

English
{And He} shall come near

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + נִג + גַּ֨שׁ
ve + nig + gash
veniggash

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-nig-GASH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-nig-GASH mo-SHE le-vad-DO

  3. sentence

    ve-nig-GASH mo-SHE le-vad-DO el-ye-ho-VAH ve-HEM LO yig-GA-shu ve-ha-AM LO ya-a-LU im-MO

Exegesis

The clause begins with the Nifal imperfect waw-consecutive verb weniggash {וְנִגַּשׁ | wə-niqqāš} ‘approach’, framing a divine directive.

Root and etymology

נ־ג־שׁn-g-sh

draw near

In contextExodus 24:2

And Moses alone shall approach the LORD ; but they shall not approach and the people shall not go up with him.

About this coordinate

Exodus 24:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 24:2, so the Hebrew word וְנִגַּ֨שׁ (veniggash) 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.24.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.24.2.W1.S1) and character.