Genesis 18:2:1Gen.18.2.W1TAB
וַיִּשָּׂ֤א
vayissa
“{And} he lifted up”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-SA
- Extended
- vah-yis-SAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jis.ˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he lifted up
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yis-SA e-NAV
- clause
va-yis-SA e-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-NEH she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
- sentence
va-yis-SA e-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-NEH she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the idiom vayyissa einav {וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו | way-yiś-śāʾ ʿê-nāyw} “and he lifted his eyes,” shifting focus to the unfolding scene.
In context — Genesis 18:2
And he lifted his eyes and saw; behold, three men were standing near him. As soon as he perceived them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed down to the ground.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׂ֤א (vayissa) 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.18.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.2.W1.S1) and character.