Judges 18:15:1Judg.18.15.W1TAB
וַיָּס֣וּרוּ
vayasuru
“and they turned aside”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SU-ru
- Extended
- vah-yaa-SOO-roo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈsuː.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they turned aside
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-SU-ru
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma
- clause
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM-ma va-ya-VO-u el-BET-ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI BET mi-KHA va-yish-e-LU-lo le-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The narrative employs vav consecutive verbs (vayasuru {וַיָּס֣וּרוּ | wayyāsûrû} ‘and they turned aside’; vayāḇō’û {וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ | wayyāḇō’û} ‘and they came’; wayyiš’əlû {וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ | wayyiš’əlû} ‘and they asked’) to advance sequential actions.
Root and etymology
s-w-rsamekh–waw–resh
“turn aside, depart”
In context — Judges 18:15
So they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite , at the house of Micah, and they asked him about his well-being .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 18:15, so the Hebrew word וַיָּס֣וּרוּ (vayasuru) 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.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.15.W1.S1) and character.