Judges 21:13:9Judg.21.13.W9TAB
וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ
vayikreu
“and they proclaimed”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yik-reh-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.rəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they proclaimed
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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-yik-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-re-U la-HEM
- clause
va-yik-re-U la-HEM sha-LOM
- 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 subsequent vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyiḳreʾû {וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ | vayyiḳreʾû} ‘and they called’ with lāhem {לָהֶם | lāhem} ‘to them’ signals an offer.
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 21:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 21:13, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ (vayikreu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.13.W9.S1) and character.