Deuteronomy 17:3:5Deut.17.3.W5PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
vayishtakhu
“bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-YISH-TA-khu
- Extended
- vah-YEESH-TAH-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈtaħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bowed down
- French
- se prosterna
- Spanish
- se postró
- Portuguese
- prostrou-se
- German
- verneigte sich
- Russian
- поклонился
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَجَدَ
- Hindi
- दंडवत किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 俯伏了
- Korean
- 절했다
- Indonesian
- bersujud
- Bengali
- প্রণাম করল
- Tagalog
- nagpatirapa
- Swahili
- alisujudu
- Amharic
- ሰገደ
- Yoruba
- tẹríba
- Igbo
- kpọrọ isiala
- Twi
- kotoo
- Ewe
- sɔ ɖe anyi
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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-TA-khu
- clause
va-YE-lekh va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-YISH-TA-khu la-HEM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-YISH-TA-khu la-HEM veh-la-SHEH-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh OH le-KHOL-TSVA ha-sha-MA-yim a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti
In context — Deuteronomy 17:3
went served gods other bowed down to them and to the sun or to the moon or to all the host the heavens which did not command
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (vayishtakhu) 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.17.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.3.W5.S1) and character.