Judges 20:37:3Judg.20.37.W3TAB
וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ
vayipshetu
“and rushed”
- Transliteration
- va-yip-she-TU
- Extended
- vah-yip-sheh-TOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jifʃəˈtˤuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and rushed
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yip-she-TU
- clause
ve-ha-o-REV he-KHI-shu va-yip-she-TU el-ha-giv-A
- sentence
ve-ha-o-REV he-KHI-shu va-yip-she-TU el-ha-giv-A va-yim-SHOKH ha-o-REV va-YAKH et-kol-ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev
Exegesis
This verse employs a rapid sequence of vav consecutive forms to drive the narrative forward: vehaorev {וְהָאֹרֵב | wə-hā-’ō-rēḇ} ‘and the ambush’, ḥẹcḥīšu {הֵחִ֔ישׁוּ | hē-ḥî-šû} ‘hurried’, and vayyip̌šəṭû {וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ | way-yip̆-šə-ṭû} ‘and they rushed’.
In context — Judges 20:37
And the ambush hurried and rushed toward Gibeah; then they drew out and struck down the entire city by the edge of the sword .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:37:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:37, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ (vayipshetu) 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.20.37.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.37.W3.S1) and character.