Judges 21:17:1Judg.21.17.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
vayomeru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-me-RU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-meh-RUU
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they said
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-me-RU
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA le-vin-ya-MIN
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ye-rush-SHAT pe-lei-TA le-vin-ya-MIN ve-lo-yi-MA-kheh SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayomeru {וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said’, which continues the judges narrative.
In context — Judges 21:17
And they said, “An inheritance must remain for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (vayomeru) 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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.17.W1.S1) and character.