Judges 21:10:8Judg.21.10.W8TAB
וַיְצַוּ֨וּ
vayetsavu
“and they commanded”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-tsa-VU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-tsah-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jətsaˈwuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they commanded
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-tsa-VU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM
- clause
va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM le-MOR le-KHU ve-hi-KI-tem et-yo-she-VEI ya-VESH gil-AD le-fi-KHE-rev ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU-SHAM ha-e-DA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH mib-be-NEI he-kha-YIL va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM le-MOR le-KHU ve-hi-KI-tem et-yo-she-VEI ya-VESH gil-AD le-fi-KHE-rev ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF
Exegesis
The command clause opens with wayyəṣawwû {וַיְצַוּוּ | wayyəṣawwû} ‘they commanded’ followed by the direct speech marker lēʾmōr {לֵאמֹר | lēʾmōr}.
In context — Judges 21:10
So the assembly sent twelve thousand men from the sons of valor, and they commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead by the edge of the sword, including the women and the little ones .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 21:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַוּ֨וּ (vayetsavu) 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.21.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.10.W8.S1) and character.