Judges 20:48:6Judg.20.48.W6TAB

וַיַכּ֣וּם

vayakkum

“and struck them”

Transliteration: va-yak-KUM
Extended: vah-yahk-KOOM
IPA: /vaj.jakˈkuːm/

Meaning by language

English: and struck them

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + יַכ + כּ֣וּם

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va + yak + kum

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vayakkum

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
	Kaf	k with dagesh; kh without
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
va-yak-KUM
phraseyour reading level
va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev
clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA
sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA GAM kal-he-a-RIM ha-nim-tse-OT shil-KHU va-ESH

Exegesis

A vav-consecutive sequence with shāḇû {שָׁ֣בוּ | šāḇû} ‘they returned’ and wayyakūm {וַּיַּכּ֣וּם | wayyakūm} ‘and they struck them’ drives the narrative.

In context — Judges 20:48

And the men of Israel returned against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the sword —men and livestock of each city; then they burned every city they found.

About this coordinate

Judges 20:48:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:48, so the Hebrew word וַיַכּ֣וּם (vayakkum) 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.20.48.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.48.W6.S1) and character.

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