Judges 19:21:8Judg.19.21.W8TAB
וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃
vayishtu
“and they drank”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-TU
- Extended
- vah-yish-TOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they drank
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-TU
- clause
va-yir-kha-TSU rag-le-HEM va-yokh-LU va-yish-TU
- sentence
va-ye-vi-E-HU le-VE-TO va-ya-VOL la-kha-mo-RIM va-yir-kha-TSU rag-le-HEM va-yokh-LU va-yish-TU
Exegesis
Finally, wayyōʾaḵlû wayyištû {וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ | wayyōʾaḵlû wayyištû} ‘and they ate and drank’ completes the hospitality narrative.
In context — Judges 19:21
So he brought him into his house, and he gave fodder to the donkeys . Then they washed their feet , and they ate and drank.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (vayishtu) 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.19.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.21.W8.S1) and character.