Judges 21:2:11Judg.21.2.W11TAB
וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ
vayivku
“and wept”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-KU
- Extended
- vah-yihv-KOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and wept
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yiv-KU
- clause
va-yis-E-u ko-LAM va-yiv-KU be-KHI ga-DOL
- sentence
va-ya-VO ha-AM BET-EL va-ye-SHE-vu SHAM ad-ha-E-rev lif-NE ha-e-lo-HIM va-yis-E-u ko-LAM va-yiv-KU be-KHI ga-DOL
Exegesis
The verbs wayyisʾû {וַיִּשְׂאוּ | wayyisʾû} ‘and they lifted’ and wayyibkû {וַיִּבְכּוּ | wayyibkû} ‘and they wept’ culminate in the construct noun phrase bəkî gāḏôl {בְּכִי גָּדוֹל | bəkî gāḏôl} ‘weeping great’, where the adjective gāḏôl intensifies communal lament. The English rendering preserves this temporal progression and the emotional intensity of the Hebrew.
In context — Judges 21:2
And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God , lifted their voice , and wept with great grief.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 21:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ (vayivku) 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.21.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.2.W11.S1) and character.