Genesis 2:21:6Gen.2.21.W6TAB
וַיִּישָׁ֑ן
vayishan
“{And} he slept”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-SHAN
- Extended
- vah-yee-SHAAN
- IPA
- /waj.jiːˈʃaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he slept
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-SHAN
- clause
va-yap-PEL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM tar-de-MA al-ha-a-DAM va-yi-SHAN
- sentence
va-yap-PEL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM tar-de-MA al-ha-a-DAM va-yi-SHAN va-yik-KAKH a-KHAT mi-tsal-o-THAV va-yis-GOR ba-SAR takh-TEN-na
Exegesis
It is followed by vayyishan {וַיִּישָׁ֑ן | wayyî-šān} ‘and he slept’, vayyiqach {וַיִּקַּ֗ח | wayyiq-qaḥ} ‘and he took’, and vayisgor {וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר | wayyis-gōr} ‘and he closed’, maintaining a continuous narrative chain of waw-consecutive forms.
In context — Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. Then He took one of his ribs and closed the flesh in its place.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 2:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּישָׁ֑ן (vayishan) 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.2.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.21.W6.S1) and character.