Exodus 2:12:8Exod.2.12.W8PAT
וַיַּךְ֙
vayakh
“and he struck”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAKH
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjax/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he struck
- French
- et il frappa
- Spanish
- y golpeó
- Portuguese
- e feriu
- German
- und er schlug
- Russian
- и он ударил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وضرب
- Hindi
- और उसने मारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他击打了
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 쳤다
- Indonesian
- dan ia memukul
- Bengali
- আর তিনি আঘাত করলেন
- Tagalog
- at sinaktan niya
- Swahili
- akapiga
- Amharic
- እርሱም መታ
- Yoruba
- ó sì lu
- Igbo
- o wee tie
- Twi
- na ɔbɔɔ
- Ewe
- eye fo
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 | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- clause
va-YAKH et-ha-mits-RI va-yit-me-NE-hu ba-KHOL
- sentence
va-yi-FEN KOH va-KHOH va-YAR KI EN ISH va-YAKH et-ha-mits-RI va-yit-me-NE-hu ba-KHOL
In context — Exodus 2:12
and he turned this way and that way and he saw that there was no man and he struck the Egyptian and he hid him in the sand
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 2:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּךְ֙ (vayakh) 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.2.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.12.W8.S1) and character.