Exodus 39:6:1Exod.39.6.W1TAB
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙
vayaasu
“{And} they made”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-SU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-SOO
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they made
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-SU
- clause
va-ya-a-SU et-av-NEI ha-SHO-ham mu-sa-BOT mish-be-TSOT za-HAV
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU et-av-NEI ha-SHO-ham mu-sa-BOT mish-be-TSOT za-HAV me-fu-ta-KHOT pit-tu-KHEI kho-TAM al-she-MOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the verb vayaʿăsû {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | vai·ya·ʿă·sû} ‘and they made’, a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect third person masculine plural marking sequential narrative action.
In context — Exodus 39:6
And they made the onyx stones encircled in gold settings and engraved them as seal-carvings on the names of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 39:6, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ (vayaasu) 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.39.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.6.W1.S1) and character.