Judges 19:6:4Judg.19.6.W4TAB

יַחְדָּ֖ו

yakhdav

together

Transliteration
yakh-DAV
Extended
yakh-DAAV
IPA
/jaħˈdaːw/

Meaning by language

English
together

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יַחְ + דָּ֖ו
yakh + dav
yakhdav

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    yakh-DAV

  2. clause

    va-yesh-VU va-yokh-LU she-NEI-hem yakh-DAV va-yish-TU

  3. 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

y-ḥ-dyod–het–dalet

to unite

In contextJudges 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 19:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 19:6, so the Hebrew word יַחְדָּ֖ו (yakhdav) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.6.W4.S1) and character.