Exodus 17:8:3Exod.17.8.W3TAB
וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם
vayillakhem
“{And} he fought”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-LA-khem
- Extended
- vah-yil-LAA-khem
- IPA
- /waj.jil.ˈlaː.ħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he fought
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yil-LA-khem
- phraseyour reading level
va-yil-LA-khem im-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yil-LA-khem im-yis-ra-EL bir-fi-DIM
- sentence
va-ya-VO a-ma-LEK va-yil-LA-khem im-yis-ra-EL bir-fi-DIM
Exegesis
vayyavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’ introduces the subject ʿămālēq, and vayyillāḥem {וַיִּלָּחֶם | wayyillāḥem} ‘and he fought’ continues the action. The Niphal stem in vayyillāḥem signals reflexive battle engagement.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–chet–mem
“to fight, to wage war”
In context — Exodus 17:8
Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 17:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם (vayillakhem) 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.17.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.8.W3.S1) and character.