Judges 20:35:1Judg.20.35.W1TAB

וַיִּגֹּ֨ף

vayiggof

“and struck down”

Transliteration: va-yig-GOF
Extended: vah-yig-GOHF
IPA: /vaj.jigˈɣoːp/

Meaning by language

English: and struck down

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + יִּג + גֹּ֨ף

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va + yig + gof

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vayiggof

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
	Gimel	g as in good
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Pe Sofit	final form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

word
va-yig-GOF
phraseyour reading level
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN
clause
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef u-me-A ISH
sentence
va-yig-GOF Ye-ho-VAH ET-bin-ya-MIN lif-NE yis-ra-EL va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-ya-MIN ba-YOM ha-HU e-ser-IM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef u-me-A ISH kal-E-le sho-LEF KHA-rev

Exegesis

The verse opens with vayyigop {וַיִּגֹּ֨ף | vayyiggōp̄} ‘and he struck down,’ a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verb marking the start of divine action.

In context — Judges 20:35

And the LORD struck down Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men in Benjamin on that day, all these wielders of the sword .

About this coordinate

Judges 20:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:35, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגֹּ֨ף (vayiggof) 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.20.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.35.W1.S1) and character.

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