Genesis 18:16:4Gen.18.16.W4TAB
וַיַּשְׁקִ֖פוּ
vayashkifu
“{And} they looked down”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KI-fu
- Extended
- vah-yash-KEE-foo
- IPA
- /waj.jaʃ.ˈqi.fuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they looked down
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yash-KI-fu
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-av-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
Exegesis
A second wayyiqtol in Hifil, vayashkifu {וַיַּשְׁקִפוּ | wayyašqîpû} ‘and they looked out’, emphasizes a directed gaze.
In context — Genesis 18:16
Then the men rose up from there and looked out toward the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to see them off .
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁקִ֖פוּ (vayashkifu) 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.18.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W4.S1) and character.