Genesis 19:3:12Gen.19.3.W12TAB
וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
vayokhelu
“{And} they ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-khe-LU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-kheh-LUU
- IPA
- /waj.joː.xeː.ˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} they ate
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yo-khe-LU
- clause
va-ya-AS la-HEM mish-TE u-ma-TSOT a-FA va-yo-khe-LU
- sentence
va-yif-tsar-BAM me-OD va-ya-SU-ru e-LAV va-ya-VO-u el-bei-TO va-ya-AS la-HEM mish-TE u-ma-TSOT a-FA va-yo-khe-LU
Exegesis
The noun miš-teh {מִשְׁתֵּה | miš-teh} “feast” combined with u-maṣṣōṯ {וּמַצּ֥וֹת | u-maṣṣōṯ} “and unleavened breads,” the verb ʾāp̄āh {אָפָה | ʾāp̄āh} “he baked,” and vayyōʾḵēlū {וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ | wayyōʾḵēלû} “and they ate” completes the narrative of provision. The English translation preserves the sequential momentum by smoothing the coordination of actions.
In context — Genesis 19:3
But he urged them strongly, and they turned aside to him and came into his house. He made a feast for them, baked unleavened bread , and they ate.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (vayokhelu) 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.19.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.3.W12.S1) and character.