Judges 18:3:9Judg.18.3.W9TAB
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
- clause
va-ya-SU-ru SHAM va-yo-ME-ru LO MI-he-vi-A-kha ha-LOM u-MA-a-TA O-se ba-ZE u-ma-LE-kha PO
- sentence
HE-ma IM-BET mi-KHA ve-HE-ma hi-KI-ru ET-KOL ha-NA-ar ha-le-VI va-ya-SU-ru SHAM va-yo-ME-ru LO MI-he-vi-A-kha ha-LOM u-MA-a-TA O-se ba-ZE u-ma-LE-kha PO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wayyāsûrû {וַיָּס֣וּרוּ | wayyāsûrû} ‘and they turned aside’ leads into wayyō’merû {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyō’merû} ‘and they said,’ introducing a threefold interrogation via mî-hĕvî’ăkâ {מִֽי־הֱבִיאֲךָ | mî-hĕvî’ăkâ} ‘who has brought you,’ û-mâh-’attâh {וּמָה־אַתָּה | û-mâh-’attâh} ‘and what you are doing,’ and û-mâh-ləḵâ {וּמַה־לְּךָ | û-mâh-ləḵâ} ‘and what is to you.’
Root and etymology
s-w-rsamekh–waw–resh
“turn aside, depart”
In context — Judges 18:3
They were near the house of Micah, and they recognized the voice of the young Levite ; so they turned aside there and said to him, “Who has brought you here, and what are you doing in this place ? And what is there for you here?”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 18:3, 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.18.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.3.W9.S1) and character.