Judges 20:45:6Judg.20.45.W6TAB

וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙

vayoleluhu

and they dealt harshly with him

Transliteration
va-yo-le-LU-hu
Extended
vah-yoh-leh-LUH-hoo
IPA
/vaj.ʕoːl.luˈhuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they dealt harshly with him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + עֹֽ + לְלֻ֙ + הוּ֙
va + yo + le + lu + hu
vayoleluhu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-le-LU-hu

  2. 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

  3. 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 Piel form vayeolleluhu {וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ | wayyōlelûhû} ‘and they overtook him’ intensifies pursuit along the bamesilot {בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת | bamməssillôt} ‘highways.’

In contextJudges 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 20:45:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:45, so the Hebrew word וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ (vayoleluhu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.45.W6.S1) and character.