Genesis 21:1:6Gen.21.1.W6TAB

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ

vayaas

“{And He} did”

Transliteration: va-YA-as
Extended: vah-YAH-ahs
IPA: /waj.ˈja.ʕas/

Meaning by language

English: {And He} did

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + יַּ֧ + עַשׂ

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va + ya + as

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vayaas

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
	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
va-YA-as
phraseyour reading level
va-YA-as ye-ho-VAH
clause
va-YA-as ye-ho-VAH le-sa-RA ka-a-SHER di-BER
sentence
va-ye-ho-VAH pa-KAD et-sa-RA ka-a-SHER a-MAR va-YA-as ye-ho-VAH le-sa-RA ka-a-SHER di-BER

Exegesis

The second clause parallels this structure through the vav-consecutive in vayyaas {וַיַּעַשׂ | way-ya-ʿaś} ‘and He did’, the reprise of yehovah {יְהוָ֛ה | Yə-hō-wāh}, the prepositional phrase le-sarah {לְשָׂרָה | lə-śā-rāh}, and the kaasher + dibber {דִּבֵּֽר | dib-bēr} ‘just as He had spoken’. This chiastic parallelism between divine promise and action underscores YHWH’s faithfulness and the precise fulfillment of His word. The translation preserves these features by repeating “the LORD” and mirroring Hebrew clause structure.

In context — Genesis 21:1

The LORD gave Sarah His attention , just as He had said; the LORD carried out for Sarah exactly what He had spoken.

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 21:1, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (vayaas) 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 Gen.21.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.1.W6.S1) and character.

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