Genesis 26:21:4Gen.26.21.W4TAB
וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ
vayarivu
“{And} they quarreled”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-RI-vu
- Extended
- vah-yah-REE-voo
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ˈriː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they quarreled
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-RI-vu
- clause
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha
- sentence
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA
Exegesis
The verse features a narrative sequence of wayyiqtol verbs: vayachperu {וַיַּחְפְּרוּ | wayyaḥpərû} “and they dug,” vayarivu {וַיָּרִיבוּ | wayyārîvû} “and they quarreled,” and vayikra {וַיִּקְרָא | wayyiqrāʾ} “and he called.” The shared plural subject of the first two verbs refers to Isaac’s servants, while the singular subject in vayikra highlights Isaac himself in the act of naming.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–yod–bet
“quarrel, dispute”
In context — Genesis 26:21
They dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah .
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 26:21, so the Hebrew word וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ (vayarivu) 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 Gen.26.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.21.W4.S1) and character.