Judges 20:12:1Judg.20.12.W1TAB
וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ
vayishlekhu
“and they sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ləˈχuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-le-KHU
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-na-SHIM be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN le-MOR
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-na-SHIM be-khol-shiv-TE vin-ya-MIN le-MOR MA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT a-SHER nih-ye-TA ba-KHEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with way-yiš-le-ḥû {וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ | way-yiš-le-ḥû} “and they sent,” a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect advancing the narrative.
Root and etymology
ש־ל־ח
“to send”
In context — Judges 20:12
Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the whole tribe of Benjamin to say, “What is this evil that has happened among you?”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:12, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ (vayishlekhu) 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.20.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.12.W1.S1) and character.