Judges 14:9:1Judg.14.9.W1TAB
וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ
vayirdehu
“and he scraped it out”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-DE-hu
- Extended
- vah-yir-DEH-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈdeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he scraped it out
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-DE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-DE-hu el-kha-PAV
- clause
va-yir-DE-hu el-kha-PAV va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-a-KHOL va-YE-lekh el-a-VIV ve-el-im-MO va-yit-TEN la-HEM va-yo-KHE-lu
- sentence
va-yir-DE-hu el-kha-PAV va-YE-lekh ha-LOKH ve-a-KHOL va-YE-lekh el-a-VIV ve-el-im-MO va-yit-TEN la-HEM va-yo-KHE-lu ve-LO-hi-GID la-HEM KI mig-ge-vi-YAT ha-ar-YE ra-DA ha-de-VASH
Exegesis
wayyirddehu {וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ | wayyirddehu} ‘and he scraped it’ employs the vav-consecutive to maintain narrative flow, underscoring the forceful extraction by means of radāh {רָדָה | radāh} ‘to scrape off’.
Root and etymology
r-d-hresh–dalet–heh
“to scrape off or extract”
In context — Judges 14:9
He scraped it into his palms and continued on his way, eating as he went. When he came to his father and his mother, he gave them some, and they ate; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 14:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ (vayirdehu) 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.14.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.9.W1.S1) and character.