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

Result
וַ + יַּשְׁ + כִּ֣י + מוּ
va + yash + ki + mu
vayashkimu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yash-ki-MU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yash-ki-MU ha-AM

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI mi-ma-kho-RAT va-yash-ki-MU ha-AM va-yiv-NU-SHAM miz-BE-akh

  4. 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 contextJudges 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.