Judges 13:25:1Judg.13.25.W1TAB
וַתָּ֙חֶל֙
vatakhel
“and she began”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-KHEL
- Extended
- vah-tah-KHEL
- IPA
- /vat.taˈħɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she began
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-ta-KHEL
- clause
va-ta-KHEL RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH le-fa-a-MO be-ma-kha-NE-DAN
- sentence
va-ta-KHEL RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH le-fa-a-MO be-ma-kha-NE-DAN BEN tsar-e-A u-VEN esh-ta-OL
Exegesis
The narrative shifts with the vav-consecutive verb vatachel {וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ | wa-ta-khel} ‘and it began’, signaling a new action phase.
In context — Judges 13:25
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him from time to time in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 13:25, so the Hebrew word וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ (vatakhel) 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 Judg.13.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.25.W1.S1) and character.