Judges 17:5:9Judg.17.5.W9TAB
וַיְמַלֵּ֗א
vayemale
“and he filled”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ma-LE
- Extended
- vah-yeh-mah-LEE
- IPA
- /vajəmalˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he filled
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-ma-LE
- clause
va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
Then vayemalle et-yad achad min-banav {וַיְמַלֵּא אֶת־יַד אַחַד מִבָּנָיו | way-ya-mallēʾ ʼet-yaḏ ʼaḥaḏ min-bā-nāw} ‘and he filled the hand of one from his sons’ expresses a Piel idiom for designating an office.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“to fill, to complete”
In context — Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a house of gods , and he made an ephod and household gods, and he consecrated the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 17:5, so the Hebrew word וַיְמַלֵּ֗א (vayemale) 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.17.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.5.W9.S1) and character.