Judges 20:18:4Judg.20.18.W4TAB
וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ
vayishealu
“and they inquired”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-e-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-eh-ah-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ʔăˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they inquired
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-e-a-LU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu va-ya-a-LU BET-EL va-yish-e-a-LU be-e-lo-HIM va-yo-ME-ru be-NE yis-ra-EL MI ya-a-LE-la-NU ba-te-khi-LA la-mil-kha-MA IM-be-NE bin-ya-MIN va-yo-MER Ye-ho-VAH ye-hu-DA ba-te-khi-LA
Exegesis
The verb wayyiš‘ālû {וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ | wayyiš‘ālû} ‘and they inquired’ introduces a consultation with bē-’ĕlōhîm {בֵאלֹהִים | bē-’ĕlōhîm} ‘of God’.
Root and etymology
shin-ayin-lamedshin–ayin–lamed
“to ask, inquire”
In context — Judges 20:18
And they rose and went up to Bethel, and they asked of God . The sons of Israel said, “Who shall go up first for us in battle against the sons of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Judah shall go up first.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ (vayishealu) 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.20.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.18.W4.S1) and character.