Judges 19:4:11Judg.19.4.W11TAB
וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ
vayalinu
“and they lodged”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-LI-nu
- Extended
- vah-yah-LEE-noo
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈliː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they lodged
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-LI-nu
- clause
va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
Exegesis
A series of vav-consecutive verbs—vayokhlu {וַיֹּאכְלוּ | wa-yo-ʾe-k̆lû}, vayishthu {וַיִּשְׁתוּ | wa-yish-tu}, vayalinu {וַיָּלִינוּ | wa-ya-lî-nû}—outlines successive hospitality actions, concluding with the locative sham {שָׁם | šām} anchoring the scene.
Root and etymology
l-v-nlamed–vav–nun
“to lodge, stay overnight”
In context — Judges 19:4
And his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, urged him, so he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 19:4, so the Hebrew word וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ (vayalinu) 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.19.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.4.W11.S1) and character.