Judges 15:13:12Judg.15.13.W12TAB
וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ
vayaasruhu
“and they bound him”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-as-RU-hu
- Extended
- vah-yah-ahs-RU-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʔasˈruː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they bound him
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| 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-ya-as-RU-hu
- clause
va-ya-as-RU-hu bish-na-YIM a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ya-a-LU-hu min-ha-SA-la
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR LO KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha u-ne-ta-NU-kha ve-ya-DAM ve-ha-MET LO ne-mi-TE-kha va-ya-as-RU-hu bish-na-YIM a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ya-a-LU-hu min-ha-SA-la
Exegesis
The account then returns to narrative with vayaasruhu {וַיַּאַסְרֻהוּ | wayyaʾăsərûhū} ‘and they bound him’, where bishnayim {בִּשְׁנַיִם | bišnayyaim} ‘with two’ specifies the dual instrument avotim chadashim {עֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים | ʿăbōṯîm ḥădāšîm} ‘new ropes’, and the verb vayaaluhu {וַיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ | wayyaʿălûhū} ‘and they brought him up’ is completed by the source phrase minhassela {מִן־הַסָּלַע | min-hassālāʿ} ‘from the rock’. This structure highlights both the promise of nonlethality and the vivid depiction of Samson’s removal.
Root and etymology
ʾ-s-r
“bind”
In context — Judges 15:13
They said to him, “No; we will bind you securely and deliver you into their hand, but we will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 15:13, so the Hebrew word וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ (vayaasruhu) 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.15.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.13.W12.S1) and character.