Judges 19:27:1Judg.19.27.W1TAB

וַיָּ֨קָם

vayakam

and he rose

Transliteration
va-ya-KAM
Extended
vah-yah-KAAM
IPA
/vaj.jaˈqaːm/

Meaning by language

English
and he rose

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Result
וַ + יָּ֨ + קָם
va + ya + kam
vayakam

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-KAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-KAM a-do-NE-ha

  3. clause

    va-ya-KAM a-do-NE-ha ba-BO-ker va-yif-TAKH dal-TOt ha-BA-yit va-ye-TSE la-LE-khet le-dar-KO

  4. sentence

    va-ya-KAM a-do-NE-ha ba-BO-ker va-yif-TAKH dal-TOt ha-BA-yit va-ye-TSE la-LE-khet le-dar-KO ve-hi-NE ha-i-SHA fi-lag-SHO no-FE-let PE-takh ha-BA-yit ve-ya-DE-ha al-ha-SAF

Exegesis

The narrative employs a sequential vav-consecutive structure where wayyāqām {וַיָּקָם | wayyāqām} ‘and he arose’ initiates the action.

In contextJudges 19:27

And her master arose in the morning, and he opened the doors of the house, and he went out to go on his way; and behold, the woman his concubine was lying at the entrance of the house with her hands upon the threshold .

About this coordinate

Judges 19:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 19:27, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֨קָם (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.19.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.27.W1.S1) and character.