Judges 20:39:1Judg.20.39.W1TAB
וַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְ
vayahafokh
“and turned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ha-FO-kh
- Extended
- vah-yah-hah-FOH-kh
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.hăˈfoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and turned
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-ha-FO-kh
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-ha-FO-kh ish-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ya-ha-FO-kh ish-yis-ra-EL ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ya-ha-FO-kh ish-yis-ra-EL ba-mil-kha-MA u-vin-ya-MIN he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL ki-she-lo-SHIM ISH KI a-me-RU AKH ni-GOF ni-GAF HU le-fa-NE-nu ka-mil-kha-MA ha-ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The verb vayyahaphokh {וַיַּהֲפֹךְ | wā-yă-hă-pō-ḵ} marks the tactical reversal.
Root and etymology
ה־פ־ך
“to turn, overturn”
In context — Judges 20:39
And the men of Israel turned in the battle , and Benjamin began to strike down the slain among them, about thirty men, for they said, “Surely, they are utterly defeated before us, as in the first battle.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:39, so the Hebrew word וַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְ (vayahafokh) 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.20.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.39.W1.S1) and character.