Judges 15:9:3Judg.15.9.W3TAB
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ
vayakhanu
“and they encamped”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-khah-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħaˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they encamped
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-NU
- clause
va-ya-a-LU pe-li-SHIT-tim va-ya-kha-NU bi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU pe-li-SHIT-tim va-ya-kha-NU bi-ye-hu-DA va-yin-NAT-shu ba-LE-khi
Exegesis
The verse unfolds through a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs: vaya'alu {וַיַּעֲל֣וּ | wayyǎ‘ălû} ‘and they went up’, vayachanu {וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ | wayyaḥănû} ‘and they encamped’, and vayinnatshu {וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ | wayyiṯnāṯśû} ‘and they spread out’.
In context — Judges 15:9
The Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and spread themselves out at Lehi .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 15:9, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (vayakhanu) 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.15.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.9.W3.S1) and character.