Judges 14:1:1Judg.14.1.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֥רֶד
vayered
“and he went down”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-red
- Extended
- vah-YEE-rehd
- IPA
- /vajˈjeː.rɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went down
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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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-YE-red
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-red shim-SHON
- clause
va-YE-red shim-SHON tim-na-TA
- sentence
va-YE-red shim-SHON tim-na-TA va-YAR-e i-SHA be-tim-na-TA mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive imperfect verb vayyêreḏ {וַיֵּ֥רֶד | wayyêreḏ} ‘and he went down’ to indicate sequential action, introducing shimšōn {שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן | šimšōn} as the subject.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to go down”
In context — Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnah , and he saw a woman in Timnah from among the daughters of the Philistines.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:1:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 14:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥רֶד (vayered) 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.14.1.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.1.W1.S1) and character.