Judges 15:8:7Judg.15.8.W7TAB
וַיֵּ֣רֶד
vayered
“and he went down”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-red
- Extended
- vah-YEH-rehd
- IPA
- /vajˈjeːrɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he went down
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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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-YE-red
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-red va-YE-shev
- clause
va-YE-red va-YE-shev bis-se-IF SE-la e-TAM
- sentence
va-YAKH o-TAM SHOK al-ya-REKH ma-KA ge-do-LA va-YE-red va-YE-shev bis-se-IF SE-la e-TAM
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav consecutive imperfects vayyak {וַיַּךְ | way-yaḵ}, vayyered {וַיֵּרֶד | way-yē-reḏ}, and vayyeshev {וַיֵּשֶׁב | way-yē-šeḇ} to present sequential actions.
In context — Judges 15:8
He struck them down, thigh upon hip, with a great blow . Then he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 15:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣רֶד (vayered) 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.15.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.8.W7.S1) and character.