Judges 20:35:6Judg.20.35.W6TAB
וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩
vayashkhitu
“and they destroyed”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-khi-TU
- Extended
- vah-yahsh-khih-TOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃ.ħiːˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they destroyed
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-khi-TU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-khi-TU ve-NE yis-ra-EL be-vin-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 narrative then shifts to human agents with vayyashchitu {וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ | vayyašḥītu}, a Hiphil imperfect verb indicating causative destruction by bnei Yisrael {בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | bə-nê Yiśrāʾēl}.
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 20:35:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:35, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩ (vayashkhitu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.35.W6.S1) and character.