Judges 18:21:1Judg.18.21.W1TAB
וַיִּפְנ֖וּ
vayifnu
“and they turned”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-NU
- Extended
- vah-yihf-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they turned
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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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-NU
- clause
va-yif-NU va-ye-LE-khu
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ye-LE-khu va-ya-si-MU et-ha-TAF ve-et-ha-mik-NE ve-et-ha-khe-vu-DDA lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The verse employs a paratactic sequence of three actions with the vav consecutive + Qal imperfect: vayifnu {וַיִּפְנ֖וּ | wayyip̄nû} ‘and they turned’, vayelekhu {וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ | wayyēleḵû} ‘and they went’, vayashimu {וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ | wayyāśîmu} ‘and they placed’.
In context — Judges 18:21
And they turned and went, and they placed the dependent children and the livestock and the valuables in front of them.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 18:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְנ֖וּ (vayifnu) 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.18.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.21.W1.S1) and character.