Judges 19:10:4Judg.19.10.W4TAB
וַיָּ֣קָם
vayakam
“and he rose”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KAM
- Extended
- vah-yah-KAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈqaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he rose
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-KAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH
- clause
ve-LO-a-VA ha-ISH la-LUN va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-VO ad-NO-khakh ye-VUS hi ye-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
ve-LO-a-VA ha-ISH la-LUN va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH va-ya-VO ad-NO-khakh ye-VUS hi ye-ru-sha-LIM ve-i-MO TSE-med kha-mo-RIM kha-vu-SHIM u-fi-lag-SHO i-MO
Exegesis
The narrative then moves through the vav-consecutive verbs vayakam {וַיָּ֣קָם | vayyāqām} ‘and he rose’, vayelekh {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | vayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’, and vayavo {וַיָּבֹא֙ | vayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, each signaling successive action.
In context — Judges 19:10
But the man would not stay overnight, so he rose and departed, and he came to the opposite of Jebus, which is Jerusalem. And with him were a pair of saddled donkeys, and his concubine was with him.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 19:10, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣קָם (vayakam) 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.19.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.10.W4.S1) and character.