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

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Result
וַ + יַּךְ֙
va + yakh
vayakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YAKH

  2. clause

    va-YAKH et-ha-mits-RI va-yit-me-NE-hu ba-KHOL

  3. 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 contextExodus 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.