Exodus 2:15:5Exod.2.15.W5PAT
וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ
vayevakesh
“and sought”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-va-KESH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-vah-KEHSH
- IPA
- /waj.ə.vaq.ˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sought
- French
- et chercha
- Spanish
- y buscó
- Portuguese
- e procurou
- German
- und suchte
- Russian
- и искал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَطَلَبَ
- Hindi
- और खोजा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并寻求
- Korean
- 그리고 찾았다
- Indonesian
- dan mencari
- Bengali
- এবং খুঁজল
- Tagalog
- at naghanap
- Swahili
- akatafuta
- Amharic
- እና ፈለገ
- Yoruba
- o si wa
- Igbo
- o wee choo
- Twi
- na ɔhwehwee
- Ewe
- eye di
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-va-KESH
- clause
va-yish-MA par-O et-ha-da-VAR haz-ZEH va-ye-va-KESH la-ha-ROG et-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yish-MA par-O et-ha-da-VAR haz-ZEH va-ye-va-KESH la-ha-ROG et-mo-SHEH va-yiv-RAKH mo-SHEH mip-NEI far-O va-YE-shev be-E-rets-mid-YAN va-YE-shev al-hab-ER
In context — Exodus 2:15
and heard Pharaoh the matter this and sought to kill Moses and fled Moses from before Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian and sat by the well
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 2:15, so the Hebrew word וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (vayevakesh) 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.2.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.15.W5.S1) and character.