Judges 18:29:1Judg.18.29.W1TAB
וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ
vayikreu
“and they called”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yik-re-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.rəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they called
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR
- clause
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR DAN be-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM a-SHER yu-LAD le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yik-re-U shem-ha-IIR DAN be-SHEM DAN a-vi-HEM a-SHER yu-LAD le-yis-ra-EL ve-u-LAM LA-yish shem-ha-IIR la-ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The verse employs the vav consecutive in vayikre’u {וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ | wayyiqrēʾû} ‘and they called’ to advance the historical narrative.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾqof–resh–aleph
“to call, name”
In context — Judges 18:29
They named the city Dan , after Dan their father who was born to Israel; but the city had previously been called Laish .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 18:29, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (vayikreu) 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.18.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.29.W1.S1) and character.