Judges 21:12:14Judg.21.12.W14TAB

וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ

vayaviu

and they brought

Transliteration
va-ya-VI-u
Extended
vah-yah-VEE-oo
IPA
/vaj.jaˈviː.ʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they brought

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יָּ + בִ֨יא + וּ
va + ya + vi + u
vayaviu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-VI-u

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE

  3. clause

    va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an

  4. 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 Hiphil vav-consecutive vayyāḇî’û otām ’ēl hammaḥănēh Šîlōh {וַיָּבִיאוּ אוֹתָם אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה שִׁלֹה | wayyā·ḇî·ʾû ’ôtām ’ēl ham·maḥănēh Šî·lōh} ‘and they brought them to the camp of Shiloh’ is rendered with a possessive English noun phrase.

In contextJudges 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 21:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 21:12, so the Hebrew word וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ (vayaviu) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.12.W14.S1) and character.