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
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nig-GASH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nig-GASH mo-SHE le-vad-DO
- 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 context — Exodus 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.