Judges 15:5:3Judg.15.5.W3TAB
וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח
vayeshalakh
“and he sent”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shah-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jəʃalˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sent
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-sha-LAKH
- clause
va-ya-VER-ESH ba-la-pi-DIM va-ye-sha-LAKH be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-ya-VER-ESH ba-la-pi-DIM va-ye-sha-LAKH be-ka-MOT pe-lish-TIM va-ya-VER mi-ga-DISH ve-AD-ka-MA ve-AD-KE-rem ZA-yit
Exegesis
Next, wayyišallaḥ {וַיְשַׁלַּח | wayyišallaḥ} ‘and he sent’ governs bə-qāmōt pəlištîm {בְּקָמוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים | bə-qāmōt pəlištîm} ‘in the standing grain of the Philistines’, introducing the initial burning.
In context — Judges 15:5
He lit the torches, then sent them into the Philistines’ standing grain, and he burned both the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 15:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח (vayeshalakh) 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.15.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.5.W3.S1) and character.