Judges 20:15:1Judg.20.15.W1TAB
וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩
vayitpakedu
“and they were mustered”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-pa-ke-DU
- Extended
- vah-yit-pah-keh-DOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.pa.qəˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were mustered
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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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-pa-ke-DU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN
- clause
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU me-he-a-RIM e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
- sentence
va-yit-pa-ke-DU be-NEI bin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU me-he-a-RIM e-se-RIM ve-shi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev le-VAD mi-yo-she-VEI ha-giv-A hit-pa-ke-DU she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive Hitpael form vayitpaqdu {וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ | wayyiṯpāqeḏû} ‘and were mustered’, signaling the assembly of Binyamin {בִנְיָמִ֜ן | Binyāmin}.
Root and etymology
פ־ק־ד
“to muster, number”
In context — Judges 20:15
And the sons of Benjamin were mustered on that day from the cities—twenty-six thousand men drawing the sword—apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah; there were mustered seven hundred chosen .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ (vayitpakedu) 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.20.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.15.W1.S1) and character.