1 Chronicles 19:11:81 Chr.19.11.W8TAB
וַיַּ֣עַרְכ֔וּ
vayaarkhu
“and they arranged”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ar-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-r-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕarˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they arranged
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-ar-KHU
- clause
va-ya-ar-KHU lik-RAT be-NE a-MON
- sentence
ve-ET YE-ter ha-AM na-TAN be-YAD av-SHAI a-KHI-v va-ya-ar-KHU lik-RAT be-NE a-MON
Exegesis
The Vav-consecutive wayyaʿrəkû {וַיַּ֣עַרְכ֔וּ | wayyaʿrəkû} ‘and they drew up’ with liqrāṯ {לִקְרַ֖את | liqrāṯ} ‘to meet/against’ forms a purpose clause indicating engagement readiness against benei {בְּנֵ֥י | bənē} ‘sons of’ ʿAmmôn {עַמּֽוֹן | ʿAmmôn}, reflecting a standard Hebrew battle idiom. The English rendering shifts VSO to SVO for clarity and renders tactical phrases idiomatically.
In context — 1 Chronicles 19:11
And he placed the remainder of the people into the hand of his brother Abishai, and they drew up to meet the sons of Ammon.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 19:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 19:11, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣עַרְכ֔וּ (vayaarkhu) 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 1 Chr.19.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.19.11.W8.S1) and character.