Judges 15:18:1Judg.15.18.W1TAB
וַיִּצְמָא֮
vayitsma
“and he was thirsty”
- Transliteration
- va-yits-MA
- Extended
- vah-yits-MAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jitsˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was thirsty
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yits-MA
- clause
va-yits-MA me-OD va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-TA na-TAT-ta be-yad-av-de-KHA et-ha-te-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT
- sentence
va-yits-MA me-OD va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR a-TA na-TAT-ta be-yad-av-de-KHA et-ha-te-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT ve-a-TA a-MUT ba-tsa-MA ve-na-fal-TI be-YAD ha-a-re-LIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive imperfect vayyiṣma {וַיִּצְמָא֮ | wayyiṣma} ‘and he became thirsty’, paired with the degree adverb meʾōd {מְאֹד֒ | meʾōd} to heighten intensity.
In context — Judges 15:18
He became very thirsty, and he cried out to the LORD and said, “You have placed this great deliverance in the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 15:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּצְמָא֮ (vayitsma) 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.15.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.18.W1.S1) and character.