Exodus 24:5:1Exod.24.5.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח
vayishlakh
“{And} he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yish-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he sent
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-LAKH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH et-na-a-REE be-NEE yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-LOO oh-LOT
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH et-na-a-REE be-NEE yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-LOO oh-LOT va-yiz-be-KHOO ze-va-KHIM she-la-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH pa-RIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayishlach {וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח | wăy-yîš-lă-ḥ} ‘and he sent’, employing the vav consecutive to advance the narrative sequence.
In context — Exodus 24:5
And Moses sent the young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as peace offerings to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Exodus 24:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 24:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (vayishlakh) 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.24.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.24.5.W1.S1) and character.