Deuteronomy 33:28:1Deut.33.28.W1PAT

וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩

vayishkon

dwelt

Transliteration
va-yish-KON
Extended
vah-yish-KOHN
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.ˈkoːn/

Meaning by language

English
dwelt
French
habita
Spanish
habitó
Portuguese
habitou
German
wohnte
Russian
жил
Arabic-Simplified
سكن
Hindi
निवास किया
Chinese-Simplified
居住
Korean
거주했다
Indonesian
tinggal
Bengali
বাস করল
Tagalog
nanahan
Swahili
akaishi
Amharic
ተቀመጠ
Yoruba
gbé
Igbo
biri
Twi
tenaa
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + כֹּן֩
va + yish + kon
vayishkon

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-KON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-KON yis-ra-EL BE-takh ba-DAD

  3. clause

    va-yish-KON yis-ra-EL BE-takh ba-DAD EIN ya-a-KOV el-E-retz da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH

  4. sentence

    va-yish-KON yis-ra-EL BE-takh ba-DAD EIN ya-a-KOV el-E-retz da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH af-sha-MAV ya-ar-FU TAL

In contextDeuteronomy 33:28

Israel dwelt safely alone spring of Jacob to a land grain and wine also his heavens drip down dew

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 33:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 33:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩ (vayishkon) 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.33.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.33.28.W1.S1) and character.