Exodus 8:17:6Exod.8.17.W6PATWLC Exodus 8:13
וַיַּךְ֙
vayakh
“and struck”
- Transliteration
- va-YAKH
- Extended
- vah-YAKH
- IPA
- /wajˈjax/
Meaning by language
- English
- and struck
- French
- et frappa
- Spanish
- y golpeó
- Portuguese
- e feriu
- German
- und schlug
- Russian
- и ударил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وضرب
- Hindi
- और मारा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并击打
- Korean
- 그리고 쳤다
- Indonesian
- dan memukul
- Bengali
- এবং আঘাত করলেন
- Tagalog
- at hinampas
- Swahili
- naye akapiga
- Amharic
- እና መታ
- Yoruba
- ó lù
- Igbo
- wee tie
- Twi
- na ɔbɔe
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAKH
- clause
va-ya-a-su-KHEN va-YET a-ha-RON et-yad-DO be-mat-TE-hu va-YAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-rets vat-te-HI hak-kin-NAM ba-a-DAM u-vab-be-he-MA
- sentence
va-ya-a-su-KHEN va-YET a-ha-RON et-yad-DO be-mat-TE-hu va-YAKH et-a-FAR ha-A-rets vat-te-HI hak-kin-NAM ba-a-DAM u-vab-be-he-MA kol-a-FAR ha-A-rets ha-YA kin-NIM be-khol-E-rets mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 8:17
and they did so and stretched out Aaron his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth and there came to be the gnats on the man and on the beast all the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 8:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 8:17, 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.8.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.8.17.W6.S1) and character.