Judges 19:4:9Judg.19.4.W9TAB
וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙
vayokhelu
“and they ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-khe-LU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-kheh-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːxəˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they ate
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-khe-LU
- 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
א־כ־ל
“to eat, consume”
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 19:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 19:4, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙ (vayokhelu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.4.W9.S1) and character.