Judges 16:2:11Judg.16.2.W11TAB
וַיִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּ
vayitkhareshu
“and they kept silent”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-kha-re-SHU
- Extended
- vah-yihth-khah-reh-SHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.ħaːrˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they kept silent
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-kha-re-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-kha-re-SHU khol-ha-LAI-la
- clause
va-yit-kha-re-SHU khol-ha-LAI-la le-MOR ad-OR ha-BO-ker va-ha-reg-NU-hu
- sentence
la-a-za-TIM le-MOR BA shim-sHON HEN-na va-ya-SO-bu va-ye-er-VU-lo khol-ha-LAI-la be-SHA-ar ha-IR va-yit-kha-re-SHU khol-ha-LAI-la le-MOR ad-OR ha-BO-ker va-ha-reg-NU-hu
Exegesis
A sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vayyasvu {וַיָּסֹבּוּ | va-ya-SO-bu}, vayearvu-lo {וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־ל֥וֹ | va-ye-eR-VU-lo}, vayyitcharshu {וַיִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּ | va-yit-cha-RE-shu}, and vahargenuhu {וַהֲרְגְנֻהוּ | va-ha-reg-NU-hu}—tightly strings the actions together.
In context — Judges 16:2
It was told to the Gazites that Samson has come here, so they surrounded and lay in wait for him at the city gate throughout the night, remaining silent until dawn when they planned to kill him.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 16:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּ (vayitkhareshu) 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.16.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.2.W11.S1) and character.