Deuteronomy 4:37:5Deut.4.37.W5PAT
וַיִּבְחַ֥ר
vayivkhar
“chose”
- Transliteration
- va-yiv-KHAR
- Extended
- vah-yiv-KHAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jivˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- chose
- French
- a choisi
- Spanish
- escogió
- Portuguese
- escolheu
- German
- wählte
- Russian
- выбрал
- Arabic-Simplified
- اخْتَارَ
- Hindi
- चुना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拣选了
- Korean
- 택했다
- Indonesian
- memilih
- Bengali
- বেছে নিল
- Tagalog
- pumili
- Swahili
- alichagua
- Amharic
- መረጠ
- Yoruba
- yàn
- Igbo
- họrọ̀
- Twi
- paw
- Ewe
- tia
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yiv-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-KHAR be-zar-O
- clause
ve-TA-khat KI a-HAV et-a-vo-TE-kha va-yiv-KHAR be-zar-O a-cha-RAV
- sentence
ve-TA-khat KI a-HAV et-a-vo-TE-kha va-yiv-KHAR be-zar-O a-cha-RAV va-yo-tsi-a-KHA be-fa-NAV be-kho-KHO ha-ga-DOL mi-mits-RA-yim
In context — Deuteronomy 4:37
and because that loved your fathers chose his offspring after him brought you out from Egypt in his presence by his power the great
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:37:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 4:37, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְחַ֥ר (vayivkhar) 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.4.37.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.37.W5.S1) and character.