Judges 21:4:7Judg.21.4.W7TAB
וַיַּעֲל֥וּ
vayaalu
“and they offered up”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕăˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they offered up
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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' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-LU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-LU o-LOT
- clause
va-ya-a-LU o-LOT u-she-la-MIM
- 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
Vayaʿalu {וַיַּעֲלּוּ | wayyaʿălû} ‘they offered up’ governs the coordinated nouns olot {עֹלוֹת | ʿôlôṯ} ‘burnt offerings’ and shelamim {שְׁלָמִים | šəlāmîm} ‘peace offerings’, reflecting the ritual sequence. The chain of vav-consecutives creates a cohesive progression rendered in English through coordinated clauses.
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 21:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 21:4, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲל֥וּ (vayaalu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.4.W7.S1) and character.