Job 19:12:7Job.19.12.W7TAB
וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they encamp”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-khah-NUH
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħăˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they encamp
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
va-ya-kha-NU sa-VIV le-a-ho-LI
- sentence
YA-khad ya-VO-u ge-du-DAI-v va-ya-SO-lu a-LAI dar-KAM va-ya-kha-NU sa-VIV le-a-ho-LI
Exegesis
The successive wayyiqtol forms vayasollu {וַיָּסֹלּוּ | wayyāsōllû} ‘they heap up’ and vayachanu {וַיַּחֲנוּ | wayyaḥănû} ‘they encamp’ create a rapid narrative sequence typical of Hebrew poetry.
In context — Job 19:12
Together they come, his troops heap up a road of attack against me, and they camp all around my tent.
About this coordinate
Job 19:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 19:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ (vayakhanu) 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 Job.19.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.12.W7.S1) and character.