Genesis 21:8:4Gen.21.8.W4TAB

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ

vayaas

“{And He} made”

Transliteration: va-ya-AS
Extended: vah-yah-AHS
IPA: /waj.ja.ˈʕas/

Meaning by language

English: {And He} made

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + יַּ֤ + 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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
va-ya-AS
phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS av-ra-HAM
clause
va-ya-AS av-ra-HAM mish-TE ga-DOL be-YOM hi-ga-MEL et-yits-KHAK
sentence
va-yig-DAL ha-YE-led va-yi-ga-MAL va-ya-AS av-ra-HAM mish-TE ga-DOL be-YOM hi-ga-MEL et-yits-KHAK

Exegesis

The verse unfolds through a series of wayyiqtol verbs marking chronological events, beginning with vayigdal {וַיִּגְדַּ֥ל | way-yig-dal} ‘and he grew’, then vayigamal {וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל | way-yig-ga-mal} ‘and was weaned’, and vayyaas {וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | way-ya-ʿas} ‘and he made’, establishing growth, weaning, and celebration.

In context — Genesis 21:8

The child grew and was weaned , and Abraham prepared a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:8, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (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.21.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.8.W4.S1) and character.

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