Judges 21:23:1Judg.21.23.W1TAB
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן֙
vayaasukhen
“and they did so”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-SU-KHEN
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-SOO-KHEEN
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈsuː.ˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they did so
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-SU-KHEN
- clause
va-ya-a-SU-KHEN be-NEI bin-ya-MIN va-yis-E-U na-SHIM le-mis-pa-RAM min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT a-SHER ga-ZA-lu
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU-KHEN be-NEI bin-ya-MIN va-yis-E-U na-SHIM le-mis-pa-RAM min-ha-me-kho-le-LOT a-SHER ga-ZA-lu va-YE-le-khu va-ya-SHU-vu el-na-kha-la-TAM va-yiv-NU et-he-a-RIM va-YE-she-vu ba-HEM
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the composite verb-adverb form vayya‘asu-kên {וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן | wayyaʿăšû-kên}, employing the vav-consecutive to initiate a chronological sequence.
In context — Judges 21:23
So the sons of Benjamin took women according to their number from the dancers whom they had captured, and then they returned to their inheritance . They rebuilt the cities and settled in them.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:23, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן֙ (vayaasukhen) 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.21.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.23.W1.S1) and character.