Genesis 19:10:1Gen.19.10.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ
vayishlekhu
“{And they} stretched out”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-le-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yish-leh-KHOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.lə.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And they} stretched out
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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-le-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-le-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM et-ya-DAM va-ya-VI-u et-LOT a-lei-HEM ha-BAI-ta
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM et-ya-DAM va-ya-VI-u et-LOT a-lei-HEM ha-BAI-ta ve-et-ha-DE-let sa-ga-RU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol form vayishlechu {וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ | wayyišlaḥû} ‘and they sent out’ preceding the subject ha’anashim {הֽ͏ָאֲנָשִׁים֙ | hā-ʾănāšîm} ‘the men’, producing a typical Hebrew verb–subject order that moves the narrative forward.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Lamed-Chet
“to send, stretch out”
In context — Genesis 19:10
But the men reached out their hand, pulled Lot back inside to themselves, and shut the door.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ (vayishlekhu) 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.19.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.10.W1.S1) and character.