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

Result
וַ + יִּבְ + חַ֥ר
va + yiv + khar
vayivkhar

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yiv-KHAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yiv-KHAR be-zar-O

  3. clause

    ve-TA-khat KI a-HAV et-a-vo-TE-kha va-yiv-KHAR be-zar-O a-cha-RAV

  4. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.