Judges 14:10:1Judg.14.10.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
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 | |
| 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 a-vi-HU
- clause
va-YE-red a-vi-HU el-ha-i-SHA
- sentence
va-YE-red a-vi-HU el-ha-i-SHA va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect wayyēreḏ {וַיֵּ֥רֶד | wayyēreḏ} 'and he went down', marking sequential action.
Root and etymology
y-r-dyod–resh–dalet
“to go down”
In context — Judges 14:10
So his father went down to the woman, and Samson held a feast there, for this was customary among the bachurim .
About this coordinate
Judges 14:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 14:10, 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.14.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.10.W1.S1) and character.