Judges 13:3:1Judg.13.3.W1TAB
וַיֵּרָ֥א
vayera
“and appeared”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-RA
- Extended
- vah-yeh-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈrɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and appeared
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-RA mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-ye-RA mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-i-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-RA mal-AKH-ye-ho-VAH el-ha-i-SHA va-yo-MER e-LE-ha hi-NE-na at-a-ka-RA ve-LO ya-LAD-te ve-ha-RIT ve-ya-LAD-te BEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayeira {וַיֵּרָ֥א | wayyērāʾ} ‘and he appeared’, signalling divine initiative.
In context — Judges 13:3
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said, “Look closely: you are barren and have not borne a child, yet you will conceive and bear a son.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 13:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרָ֥א (vayera) 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.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.3.W1.S1) and character.