Judges 19:17:3Judg.19.17.W3TAB
וַיַּ֛רְא
vayare
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR-e
- Extended
- vah-YAR-eh
- IPA
- /vajˈjarʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR-e
- clause
va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR
- sentence
va-yi-SA e-NAI-v va-YAR-e et-ha-ISH ha-o-RE-akh bir-KHOv ha-IR va-YO-meR ha-ISH ha-za-KEN a-NA te-LEKH u-me-A-yin ta-VO
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive forms in vayissa {וַיִּשָּׂ֣א | va-yi-śāʾ} ‘and he lifted’ and vayar {וַיַּ֛רְא | va-yarʾ} ‘and he saw,’ signaling sequential action.
In context — Judges 19:17
And he lifted his eyes and saw the traveler in the city square; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and from where do you come?”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 19:17, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֛רְא (vayare) 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.19.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.17.W3.S1) and character.