Judges 20:8:1Judg.20.8.W1TAB
וַיָּ֙קָם֙
vayakam
“and arose”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-kam
- Extended
- vah-YAA-kaam
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈqɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and arose
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YA-kam
- clause
va-YA-kam kol-ha-AM ke-ISH e-KHAD le-MOR
- sentence
va-YA-kam kol-ha-AM ke-ISH e-KHAD le-MOR LO ne-LEKH ISH le-a-ho-LO ve-LO na-SUR ISH le-VE-to
Exegesis
The narrative uses the vav-consecutive imperfect vayakam {וַיָּ֙קָם֙ | va-yā-qām} to depict the crowd (kol-ha-am {כָּל־הָעָם | kol-hā-ʿām}) acting as a single unit.
In context — Judges 20:8
And all the people arose as one man and said, “Not one of us will go to his tent , and not one of us will turn aside to his house .”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (vayakam) 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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.8.W1.S1) and character.