Judges 14:1:4Judg.14.1.W4TAB
וַיַּ֥רְא
vayare
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR-e
- Extended
- vah-YAHR-eh
- IPA
- /vajˈjar.ʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAR-e
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR-e i-SHA
- clause
va-YAR-e i-SHA be-tim-na-TA mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM
- 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 succeeding vav-consecutive wayyâr {וַיַּ֥רְא | wayyâr} ‘and he saw’ begins a new clause with ’iššāh {אִשָּׁה | ’iššāh} ‘woman’ as the direct object.
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 14:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 14:1, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥רְא (vayare) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.1.W4.S1) and character.