Judges 21:20:6Judg.21.20.W6TAB
וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥ם
vaaravtem
“and you shall lie in ambush”
- Transliteration
- va-a-rav-TEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-rahv-THEHM
- IPA
- /va.ʔăravˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall lie in ambush
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-rav-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-rav-TEM ba-ke-ra-MIM
- clause
le-KHU va-a-rav-TEM ba-ke-ra-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-tsa-VU et-be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-MOR le-KHU va-a-rav-TEM ba-ke-ra-MIM
Exegesis
The Qal imperative ləkū {לְכ֖וּ | lə-kū} issues “go,” followed by the vav-consecutive Qal perfect waʾăravtēm {וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥ם | wa-ʾă-raḇ-têm}, “and you lay in ambush.”
Root and etymology
ע־ר־ב
“to lie in wait, ambush”
In context — Judges 21:20
And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go and set an ambush in the vineyards .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:20, so the Hebrew word וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥ם (vaaravtem) 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.21.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.20.W6.S1) and character.