Judges 17:7:1Judg.17.7.W1TAB
וַיְהִי־נַ֗עַר
vayehinaar
“and there was a young man”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI-NA-ar
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE-NAH-ahr
- IPA
- /vajəˈhiː.ˈna.ʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there was a young man
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI-NA-ar
- clause
va-ye-HI-NA-ar mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA mim-mish-pa-KHAT ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-ye-HI-NA-ar mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA mim-mish-pa-KHAT ye-hu-DA ve-HU LE-vi ve-HU GAR-SHAM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayehi {וַיְהִי | wayyəhî} ‘and it was’, marking a new episode.
The noun naar {נַ֗עַר | nāʿar} ‘young man’ appears without the definite article, conveying indefiniteness.
Root and etymology
נ־ע־ר
“youth, young person”
In context — Judges 17:7
And there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the clan of Judah. He was a Levite , and he was staying there.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 17:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְהִי־נַ֗עַר (vayehinaar) 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.17.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.7.W1.S1) and character.