Judges 16:24:1Judg.16.24.W1TAB
וַיִּרְא֤וּ
vayiru
“and they saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-U
- Extended
- vah-yir-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they saw
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-U o-TO
- clause
va-yir-U o-TO ha-AM va-ye-hal-LU et-e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
va-yir-U o-TO ha-AM va-ye-hal-LU et-e-lo-HE-hem KI am-RU na-TAN e-lo-HE-nu ve-ya-DE-nu et-o-ye-VE-nu ve-ET ma-kha-RIV ar-TSE-nu va-a-SHER hir-BA et-kha-la-LE-nu
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive prefix wa- {וַ | wâ} joined to the Qal imperfect ירְאוּ {יִרְאוּ | yirʾû} yielding vayirʾu {וַיִּרְא֤וּ | va-yyi-rōʾû} ‘and they saw,’ which is followed by vav-consecutive + Piel וַיְהַלְל֖וּ {vayhallelû | va-ye-hal-lē-lû} ‘and they praised,’ marking sequential action.
In context — Judges 16:24
And when the people saw him, they praised their God , for they said, “Our God has given our enemy into our hand, even the one who devastated our land and who multiplied our slain .”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:24, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֤וּ (vayiru) 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.16.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.24.W1.S1) and character.