Judges 21:6:1Judg.21.6.W1TAB
וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙
vayinnakhamu
“and they were moved to compassion or were sorry”
- Transliteration
- va-yin-na-kha-MU
- Extended
- vah-yin-nah-khah-MOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jin.naħăˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they were moved to compassion or were sorry
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yin-na-kha-MU
- clause
va-yin-na-kha-MU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-bin-ya-MIN a-KHIV
- sentence
va-yin-na-kha-MU be-NEI yis-ra-EL el-bin-ya-MIN a-KHIV va-yo-me-RU nig-DA ha-YOM SHE-vet e-KHAD mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayinnachamu {וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ | way-yinnā-ḥă-mû} ‘and they were grieved’, where the vav-consecutive prefix introduces an emotive Nifal imperfect conveying passive sorrow.
In context — Judges 21:6
And the sons of Israel were grieved toward Benjamin, their brother, and they said, “Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 21:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙ (vayinnakhamu) 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.21.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.6.W1.S1) and character.