Judges 16:2:7Judg.16.2.W7TAB
וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־ל֥וֹ
vayeervulo
“and they lay in ambush for him”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-er-VU-lo
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-rVOO-loh
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈʔɛr.vuː.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they lay in ambush for him
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-er-VU-lo
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-er-VU-lo khol-ha-LAI-la
- clause
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
- 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.
Root and etymology
א־ר־בʼ-r-b
“to ambush, lie in wait”
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 16:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־ל֥וֹ (vayeervulo) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.2.W7.S1) and character.