Genesis 19:3:7Gen.19.3.W7TAB

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ

vayaas

“{And} he made”

Transliteration: va-ya-AS
Extended: vah-ya-AHS
IPA: /waj.ja.ˈʕas/

Meaning by language

English: {And} he made

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + יַּ֤ + עַשׂ

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va + ya + as

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vayaas

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
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot

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The word

Word in context

word
va-ya-AS
phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS la-HEM
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

Hospitality is introduced by wayyaʿaś {וַיַּעַשׂ | wayyaʿaś} “and he made” plus the benefactive lāhem {לָהֶם | lāhem} “for them.”

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 19:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:3, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (vayaas) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.3.W7.S1) and character.

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