Judges 15:19:8Judg.15.19.W8TAB
וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ
vayeshte
“and he drank”
- Transliteration
- va-YESH-te
- Extended
- vah-YEESH-teh
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːʃ.tə/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he drank
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YESH-te
- clause
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI
- sentence
va-yiv-KA e-lo-HIM et-ha-mak-TESH a-sher-bal-le-KHI va-yets-U mim-me-NU MA-yim va-YESH-te va-ta-SHAV ru-KHO va-ye-KHI al-KEN ka-RA she-MA EN ha-ko-RE a-SHER bal-le-KHI AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The verbs vayishte {וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ | wayyištê} ‘and he drank’ and vattashav {וַתָּ֥שָׁב | wəṭṭāšāḇ} ‘and it returned’ shift focus to Samson’s ruach {רוּחוֹ | rūḥô} ‘spirit,’ culminating in vayechi {וַיֶּ֑חִי | wayyēḥî} ‘and he lived.’
In context — Judges 15:19
And God split open the hollow place at Lehi, and water issued from it. He drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it Spring of the Caller, which remains in Lehi to this day.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 15:19, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ (vayeshte) 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.15.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.19.W8.S1) and character.