Exodus 2:17:3Exod.2.17.W3PAT

וַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּם

vayegarshum

and drove them away

Transliteration
va-ye-gar-SHUM
Extended
vah-yeh-gahr-SHOOM
IPA
/wajə.ɣaːr.ˈʃuːm/

Meaning by language

English
and drove them away
French
et les chassèrent
Spanish
y los echaron
Portuguese
e os expulsaram
German
und vertrieben sie
Russian
и прогнали их
Arabic-Simplified
وطردوهم
Hindi
और उन्हें भगा दिया
Chinese-Simplified
并把他们赶走了
Korean
그들을 쫓아냈다
Indonesian
dan mengusir mereka
Bengali
আর তাদের তাড়িয়ে দিল
Tagalog
at pinalayas sila
Swahili
na wakawafukuza
Amharic
እነርሱንም አባረሯቸው
Yoruba
si lé wọn lọ
Igbo
wee chụpụ ha
Twi
na wɔpamoo wɔn
Ewe
eye nya wo

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Result
וַ + יְ + גָרְ + שׁ֑וּם
va + ye + gar + shum
vayegarshum

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-gar-SHUM

  2. clause

    va-ya-VO-u ha-ro-IM va-ye-gar-SHUM

  3. sentence

    va-ya-VO-u ha-ro-IM va-ye-gar-SHUM va-ya-KAM mo-SHE va-yo-shi-AN va-yash-KE et-tso-NAM

In contextExodus 2:17

and they came the shepherds and drove them away and stood up Moses and saved them and watered their flock

About this coordinate

Exodus 2:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 2:17, so the Hebrew word וַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּם (vayegarshum) 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.2.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.17.W3.S1) and character.