Genesis 15:11:1Gen.15.11.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֥רֶד
vayered
“came down”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-red
- Extended
- vah-YEH-rehd
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjeː.rɛð/
Meaning by language
- English
- came down
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
va-YE-red
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-red ha-A-yit
- clause
va-YE-red ha-A-yit al-ha-pe-ga-RIM
- sentence
va-YE-red ha-A-yit al-ha-pe-ga-RIM va-yash-SHEV o-TAM av-RAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol verb vayered {וַיֵּרֶד | vay-yê-reḏ} ‘and he descended’, marking a sequential narrative event.
In context — Genesis 15:11
Then birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 15:11, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥רֶד (vayered) 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 Gen.15.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.11.W1.S1) and character.