Deuteronomy 1:44:7Deut.1.44.W7PAT
וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּ
vayirdefu
“pursued”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-de-FU
- Extended
- vah-yir-de-FOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jir.də.ˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- pursued
- French
- poursuivirent
- Spanish
- persiguieron
- Portuguese
- perseguiram
- German
- verfolgten
- Russian
- преследовали
- Arabic-Simplified
- طاردوا
- Hindi
- पीछा किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 追赶了
- Korean
- 뒤쫓았다
- Indonesian
- mengejar
- Bengali
- ধাওয়া করল
- Tagalog
- humabol
- Swahili
- kufukuza
- Amharic
- ተከታተሉ
- Yoruba
- lépa
- Igbo
- chụso
- Twi
- taa wɔn
- Ewe
- di
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-de-FU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-de-FU ET-KHEM
- clause
va-ye-TSE ha-e-mo-RI ha-yo-SHEV bah-HAR ha-HU li-kra-ET-KHEM va-yir-de-FU ET-KHEM ka-a-SHER ta-a-SE-na had-vo-RIM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-e-mo-RI ha-yo-SHEV bah-HAR ha-HU li-kra-ET-KHEM va-yir-de-FU ET-KHEM ka-a-SHER ta-a-SE-na had-vo-RIM va-yak-ke-TU ET-KHEM be-se-EER ad-khor-MA
In context — Deuteronomy 1:44
the Amorite dwelling in the hill country that went out to meet you pursued you as do the bees beat down you in Seir as far as Hormah
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 1:44:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 1:44, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּ (vayirdefu) 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 Deut.1.44.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.1.44.W7.S1) and character.