Judges 14:7:1Judg.14.7.W1TAB

וַיֵּ֖רֶד

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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Result
וַ + יֵּ֖ + רֶד
va + ye + red
vayered

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-red

  2. clause

    va-YE-red va-ye-da-BER la-i-SHA

  3. sentence

    va-YE-red va-ye-da-BER la-i-SHA va-ti-SHAR be-e-NE shim-sHON

Exegesis

The verse unfolds through a series of vav-consecutive clauses, starting with vayered {וַיֵּ֖רֶד | va-yê-reḏ} ‘and he went down’ which sets the scene, followed by vayedabber {וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | va-ye-dab-bêr} ‘and he spoke’ introducing his address to laishah {לָאִשָּׁ֑ה | lā-’î-šāh}, and concluding with vattishar {וַתִּישַׁ֖ר | va-ti-šar} ‘and she was upright,’ indicating her resulting condition.

Root and etymology

י–ר–ד

to descend

In contextJudges 14:7

So he went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Samson.

About this coordinate

Judges 14:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 14:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֖רֶד (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.14.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.7.W1.S1) and character.