Exodus 39:21:1Exod.39.21.W1TAB
וַיִּרְכְּס֣וּ
vayirkesu
“{And} they fastened”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-ke-SU
- Extended
- vah-yir-keh-SOO
- IPA
- /waj.jir.kəˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they fastened
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-ke-SU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen
- clause
va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD bif-TEEL te-KHE-let lih-YOT al-KHE-shev ha-e-FOD ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen meh-AL ha-e-FOD
- sentence
va-yir-ke-SU et-ha-KHO-shen mi-tab-be-o-TAV el-tab-OT ha-e-FOD bif-TEEL te-KHE-let lih-YOT al-KHE-shev ha-e-FOD ve-lo-yiz-ZAKH ha-KHO-shen meh-AL ha-e-FOD ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The Hebrew Piel verb vayirkesu {וַיִּרְכְּס֣וּ | va-yir-kə-su} forms a vav-consecutive clause indicating a deliberate binding action.
In context — Exodus 39:21
And they bound the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue , to be on the band of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not slip from upon the ephod, as the LORD commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 39:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְכְּס֣וּ (vayirkesu) 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.39.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.21.W1.S1) and character.