Judges 21:23:4Judg.21.23.W4TAB
וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ
vayiseu
“and they carried or took”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-E-U
- Extended
- vah-yihs-EH-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jiśˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they carried or took
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-E-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-E-U na-SHIM
- 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 verb wayyaśʼû {וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ | wayyaśû} takes nāšîm {נָשִׁים | nā-šîm} as its direct object, modified by the quantifier ləmispārām {לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם | li-mis-pār-ām}, “according to their number.”
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 21:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ (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.21.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.23.W4.S1) and character.