Judges 15:20:1Judg.15.20.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט
vayishpot
“and he judged”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-POT
- Extended
- vah-yish-POHT
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈpɔt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he judged
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-POT
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-POT et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yish-POT et-yis-ra-EL bi-ME pe-lish-TIM e-se-RIM sha-NA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive form vayishpot {וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט | wayyišp̄ōṭ} ‘he judged’ initiates the main narrative clause and foregrounds Samson’s judicial role.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–tsade
“to judge”
In context — Judges 15:20
He judged Israel for twenty years, in the days of the Philistines .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 15:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט (vayishpot) 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.15.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.20.W1.S1) and character.