Judges 13:8:1Judg.13.8.W1TAB

וַיֶּעְתַּ֥ר

vayeetahr

and he entreated

Transliteration
va-ye-e-TAHR
Extended
vah-yeh-eh-TAHR
IPA
/vaj.jɛʕˈtːaːr/

Meaning by language

English
and he entreated

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֶּ + עְ + תַּ֥ר
va + ye + e + tahr
vayeetahr

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-e-TAHR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-e-TAHR ma-NO-akh

  3. clause

    va-ye-e-TAHR ma-NO-akh el-Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAHR

  4. sentence

    va-ye-e-TAHR ma-NO-akh el-Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAHR BI a-do-NAI ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER sha-la-KHTA ya-VO-na OD e-LEI-nu ve-yo-RE-nu ma-na-a-SE la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayetar {וַיֶּעְתַּ֥ר | wayyēṭṭar} indicating sequential action.

Root and etymology

ע־ת־ר

to plead

In contextJudges 13:8

And Manoah pleaded with the LORD and said, “O my Lord , please let the man of God whom You sent come again and teach us what we should do for the child who is to be born.”

About this coordinate

Judges 13:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 13:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּעְתַּ֥ר (vayeetahr) 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.13.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.8.W1.S1) and character.