Judges 20:45:1Judg.20.45.W1TAB
וַיִּפְנ֞וּ
vayifnu
“and they turned”
- Transliteration
- va-yif-NU
- Extended
- vah-yif-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jifˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they turned
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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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-NU
- clause
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON va-yo-le-LU-hu ba-me-si-LOT kha-ME-shet a-la-FIM ISH
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON va-yo-le-LU-hu ba-me-si-LOT kha-ME-shet a-la-FIM ISH va-yad-bi-KU a-kha-RAV ad-gid-OM va-yak-KU mi-me-NU al-pa-YIM ISH
Exegesis
The narrative progresses through a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs that propel the action: vayifnu {וַיִּפְנ֞וּ | wayyippənû} ‘and they turned’ and vayanussu {וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ | wayyānnûsû} ‘and they fled,’ establishing movement toward the locative midbarah {הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ | hammidbarâh} ‘wilderness.’
In context — Judges 20:45
And they turned and fled to the wilderness , to the rock of Rimmon, and they overtook them on the highways, five thousand men . And they pursued after them as far as Gidom and struck down from them two thousand men.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:45:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:45, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְנ֞וּ (vayifnu) 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.20.45.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.45.W1.S1) and character.