Judges 19:7:4Judg.19.7.W4TAB
וַיִּפְצַר־בּוֹ֙
vayiftsarbo
“and he urged him”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-TSAR-BO
- Extended
- vah-yihf-TSAR-BOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈt͡sar.boː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he urged him
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-TSAR-BO
- clause
va-yif-TSAR-BO kho-TE-no va-ya-SHAV va-ya-LEN SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM ha-ISH la-LE-khet va-yif-TSAR-BO kho-TE-no va-ya-SHAV va-ya-LEN SHAM
Exegesis
The subsequent clause, marked by wayyip̣ṣár-bō {וַיִּפְצַר־בּוֹ | wayyip̣ṣár-bō} ‘and he urged him’, introduces the father-in-law (ḥōṭénō {חֹתְנוֹ | ḥōṭénō}) and his persuasive action, with the suffix bō {בּוֹ | bō} clarifying the object.
Root and etymology
p̣-ṣ-r
“to urge, press”
In context — Judges 19:7
And the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged , so he returned and spent the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 19:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְצַר־בּוֹ֙ (vayiftsarbo) 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.19.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.7.W4.S1) and character.