Judges 15:1:5Judg.15.1.W5TAB
וַיִּפְקֹ֨ד
vayifkod
“and visited”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-KOD
- Extended
- vah-yihf-KOHD
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈqoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and visited
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-yif-KOD
- phraseyour reading level
va-yif-KOD shim-SHON et-ish-TO
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ya-MIM bi-ME ke-TSIR-khi-TIM va-yif-KOD shim-SHON et-ish-TO big-DI i-ZIM va-yo-MER a-VO-A el-ish-TI he-KHAD-re-HA
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ya-MIM bi-ME ke-TSIR-khi-TIM va-yif-KOD shim-SHON et-ish-TO big-DI i-ZIM va-yo-MER a-VO-A el-ish-TI he-KHAD-re-HA ve-LO-na-ta-NO a-vi-HA la-VO
Exegesis
The verb vayifqod {וַיִּפְקֹד | wayyipqōḏ} ‘and visited’ takes et-ishto {אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ | ʾet-ʾištô} ‘his wife’ as object.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–qof–dalet
“to attend, visit”
In context — Judges 15:1
After several days, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson came to see his wife , bringing a young goat. He said, “I will go into my wife’s inner chamber ,” but her father would not let him enter.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 15:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְקֹ֨ד (vayifkod) 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.15.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.1.W5.S1) and character.