Judges 16:8:1Judg.16.8.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲלוּ־לָ֞הּ
vayaalula
“and they brought up to her”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-LU-la
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-LOO-laah
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈluː.laːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they brought up to her
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-LU-la
- clause
va-ya-a-LU-la sar-NE pe-lish-TIM shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-KHO-ra-VU
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU-la sar-NE pe-lish-TIM shiv-A ye-ta-RIM la-KHIM a-SHER lo-KHO-ra-VU va-ta-as-re-HU BA-hem
Exegesis
The verse begins with the sequential narrative marker vayya‘alu {וַיַּעֲלוּ | wayya‘ălû} ‘and they brought up’, linking this action to the preceding scene.
In context — Judges 16:8
Then the rulers of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:8, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲלוּ־לָ֞הּ (vayaalula) 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.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.8.W1.S1) and character.