Judges 21:2:9Judg.21.2.W9TAB
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ
vayiseu
“and lifted up”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-E-u
- Extended
- vah-yihs-EH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jisˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lifted up
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 | 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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Word in context
- word
va-yis-E-u
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-E-u ko-LAM
- 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 21:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 21:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (vayiseu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.2.W9.S1) and character.