Judges 21:12:1Judg.21.12.W1TAB
וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ
vayimtseu
“and they found”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-TSE-u
- Extended
- vah-yihm-TSEH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈtsə.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they found
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-TSE-u
- clause
va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR
- sentence
va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayimtze’u {וַיִּמְצְאוּ | wayyim·tzeʾu} ‘and they found’, initiating a new historical episode.
In context — Judges 21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and who had not known a man by lying with a male , and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:12, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ (vayimtseu) 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.21.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.12.W1.S1) and character.