Genesis 19:1:12Gen.19.1.W12TAB
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ
vayishtakhu
“{And} he bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yish-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ta.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he bowed 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim
- clause
va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
- sentence
va-ya-vo-U she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma ba-E-rev ve-LOT yo-SHEV be-sha-ar-se-DOM va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
Exegesis
A chain of wayyiqtol verbs—vayar-lot {וַיַּרְא־לוֹט | way-yar-lōṭ} ‘and Lot saw’, vayakam {וַיָּקָם | way-yā-qam} ‘and he arose’, vayishtachu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ | way-yiš-ta-ḥû} ‘and they bowed down’—drives the action: perception, response, submission.
In context — Genesis 19:1
In the evening, the two angels arrived at Sodom. Lot was seated at the gate of Sodom; when he noticed them, he stood to greet them and bowed down, his face toward the ground.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (vayishtakhu) 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.19.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.1.W12.S1) and character.