Judges 19:6:2Judg.19.6.W2TAB
וַיֹּאכְל֧וּ
vayokhlu
“and they ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yokh-LU
- Extended
- vah-yohkh-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːχˈluː/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yokh-LU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yokh-LU she-NEI-hem
- clause
va-yesh-VU va-yokh-LU she-NEI-hem yakh-DAV va-yish-TU
- sentence
va-yesh-VU va-yokh-LU she-NEI-hem yakh-DAV va-yish-TU va-yo-MER a-VI ha-na-a-RA el-ha-ISH ho-EL-na ve-LIN ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha
Exegesis
The chain vayeishev {וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ | wayyešəḇû} ‘and they sat,’ vayochlu {וַיֹּאכְל֧וּ | wayyōʾəḥlû} ‘and they ate,’ and vayishtu {וַיִּשְׁתּ֑וּ | wayyištû} ‘and they drank,’ all with the dual subject shenehem {שְׁנֵיהֶ֛ם | šnêhem} ‘the two of them’ modified by the adverb yachdav {יַחְדָּ֖ו | yaḥdāw} ‘together,’ emphasizes communal hospitality.
Root and etymology
א־כ־ל
“to eat, consume”
In context — Judges 19:6
So they sat down, and the two of them ate together and drank. Then the father of the young woman said to the man, “Please be willing to stay overnight, and let your heart be glad.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 19:6, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאכְל֧וּ (vayokhlu) 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.19.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.6.W2.S1) and character.