Judges 19:5:6Judg.19.5.W6TAB

וַיָּ֣קָם

vayakam

“and he arose”

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

Meaning by language

English: and he arose

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Result

וַ + יָּ֣ + קָם

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va + ya + kam

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vayakam

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'
	Qof	q — deep k, uvular
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
va-ya-KAM
phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM la-LE-khet
clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-re-vi-I va-yash-ki-MU ba-BO-ker va-ya-KAM la-LE-khet
sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-re-vi-I va-yash-ki-MU ba-BO-ker va-ya-KAM la-LE-khet va-yo-MER a-VI ha-na-a-RA el-kha-ta-NO se-AD lib-be-KHA pat-LE-khem ve-a-KHAR te-le-KHU

Exegesis

A series of vav-consecutive verbs—vayashkimu {וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ | va-yaš-kĭ-mû} ‘and they rose early’, baboker {בַּבֹּקֶר | ba-bō-qer} ‘in the morning’, and vayakam {וַיָּקָם | va-yā-qām} ‘and he rose’—propels the action forward, with the infinitive lalechet {לָלֶכֶת | lā-lĕ-ḵet} ‘to go’ expressing purpose linked to departure.

In context — Judges 19:5

And it happened on the fourth day, and they got up early in the morning, and he rose to depart, and the father of the young woman said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go .”

About this coordinate

Judges 19:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣קָם (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.19.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.5.W6.S1) and character.

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