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
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-TAHR
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-e-TAHR ma-NO-akh
- clause
va-ye-e-TAHR ma-NO-akh el-Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAHR
- 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 context — Judges 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.