Judges 14:17:1Judg.14.17.W1TAB
וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ
vatevk
“and she wept”
- Transliteration
- va-TEV-k
- Extended
- vah-TEEV-k
- IPA
- /vatːeːv.k/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she wept
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TEV-k
- phraseyour reading level
va-TEV-k a-LAV
- clause
va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE
- sentence
va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA
Exegesis
The narrative employs vav-consecutive forms to sequence events, beginning with vattevkh {וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ | wattēḇḵ} ‘she wept’, which sets an emotional tone.
In context — Judges 14:17
And she wept upon him for the seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him , and she told the riddle to the sons of her people.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 14:17, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֤בְךְּ (vatevk) 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.14.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.17.W1.S1) and character.