Judges 21:4:3Judg.21.4.W3TAB
וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ
vayashkimu
“and they rose early”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-ki-MU
- Extended
- vah-yahsh-kih-MOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃ.kiˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they rose early
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-ki-MU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-ki-MU ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-yash-ki-MU ha-AM va-yiv-NU-SHAM miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-yash-ki-MU ha-AM va-yiv-NU-SHAM miz-BE-akh va-ya-a-LU o-LOT u-she-la-MIM
Exegesis
The hiphil imperfect of vayashkimu {וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ | wayyashqîmû} ‘they rose early’ highlights their deliberate action.
In context — Judges 21:4
And it happened on the next day that the people rose early, and they built an altar there, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 21:4, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (vayashkimu) 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.21.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.4.W3.S1) and character.