Judges 20:11:1Judg.20.11.W1TAB
וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף
vayeasef
“and was gathered”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-a-SEF
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ah-SEHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jeʔaˈsef/
Meaning by language
- English
- and was gathered
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-a-SEF
- sentence
va-ye-a-SEF kol-ISH yis-ra-EL el-ha-IR ke-ISH e-KHAD kha-ve-RIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive vayye’asef {וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף | vay-yē’ā-sēp}, a Niphal imperfect that sets a collective, semi-passive tone for the gathering.
Root and etymology
ʾ-s-paleph–samekh–pe
“to gather”
In context — Judges 20:11
And all the men of Israel were gathered against the city as one man, united as companions .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף (vayeasef) 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.20.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.11.W1.S1) and character.