Exodus 24:4:6Exod.24.4.W6TAB
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣ם
vayashkem
“{And} He rose early”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KEM
- Extended
- vah-yash-KEHM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈkeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} He rose early
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-KEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-KEM bab-BO-ker
- clause
va-yikh-TOV mo-SHEH ET kol-div-REI Ye-ho-VAH va-yash-KEM bab-BO-ker va-yi-VEN miz-BE-akh TA-khat ha-HAR
- sentence
va-yikh-TOV mo-SHEH ET kol-div-REI Ye-ho-VAH va-yash-KEM bab-BO-ker va-yi-VEN miz-BE-akh TA-khat ha-HAR ush-TEIM ehs-REH mat-tse-VAH lish-NEIM a-SAAR shiv-TEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect vayashkem ba-boker {וַיַּשְׁכֵּם בַּבֹּקֶר | wayyaškēm ba-bōkēr} ‘and he rose early in the morning’ provides temporal framing.
In context — Exodus 24:4
And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD . Then he rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and he set up twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
About this coordinate
Exodus 24:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 24:4, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣ם (vayashkem) 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.24.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.24.4.W6.S1) and character.