Isaiah 20:1:10Isa.20.1.W10TAB
וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם
vayillakhem
“and he fought”
- Transliteration
- va-yil-LA-khem
- Extended
- vah-yil-LAA-khehm
- IPA
- /vaj.jilˈlaːħɛm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yil-LA-khem
- phraseyour reading level
va-yil-LA-khem be-ash-DOD
- clause
va-yil-LA-khem be-ash-DOD va-yil-ke-DA
- sentence
bish-NAT BO tar-TAN ash-do-DA bish-LO-akh o-TO sar-GON ME-lekh a-SHUR va-yil-LA-khem be-ash-DOD va-yil-ke-DA
Exegesis
The narrative sequence employs Vav-consecutive verbs, vayyilachem {וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם | way-yil-lā-ḥem} ‘and he fought’ followed by vayyilkedah {וַיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ | way-yil-ke-ḏāh} ‘and he captured it,’ to denote successive military actions.
In context — Isaiah 20:1
In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod , when Sargon king of Assyria sent him, he fought against Ashdod and captured it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 20:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 20:1, 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 Isa.20.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.20.1.W10.S1) and character.