Judges 21:13:1Judg.21.13.W1TAB
וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙
vayishlekhu
“and they sent”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-le-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃləˈχuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-le-KHU
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU kol-ha-e-DA va-ye-dab-REU el-be-NEI bin-ya-MIN a-SHEr be-SE-la rim-MON
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU kol-ha-e-DA va-ye-dab-REU el-be-NEI bin-ya-MIN a-SHEr be-SE-la rim-MON va-yik-re-U la-HEM sha-LOM
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds with a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verb vayyišlĕḥû {וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ | vayyišlĕḥû} ‘and they sent’, indicating sequential action.
In context — Judges 21:13
Then the entire assembly sent messengers and spoke to the sons of Benjamin, who were at the rock of Rimmon, and they called to them, “Peace .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:13, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ (vayishlekhu) 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.21.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.13.W1.S1) and character.