Judges 19:2:1Judg.19.2.W1TAB
וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה
vatizne
“and she was unfaithful or prostituted herself”
- Transliteration
- va-tiz-NE
- Extended
- vah-tihz-NEH
- IPA
- /vat.tizˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she was unfaithful or prostituted herself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tiz-NE
- phraseyour reading level
va-tiz-NE a-LAV
- clause
va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-tiz-NE a-LAV pi-lag-SHO va-TE-lekh me-i-TO el-BET a-VI-ha el-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA va-te-HI-SHAM ya-MIM ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vattizneh {וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה | vaṭṭînēh} ‘and she acted unfaithfully’, which launches the sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootz–n–h
“to commit sexual infidelity”
In context — Judges 19:2
And his concubine acted unfaithfully against him and went to her father’s house in Bethlehem of Judah, where she remained for four months.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 19:2, so the Hebrew word וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה (vatizne) 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.19.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.2.W1.S1) and character.