Deuteronomy 4:47:1Deut.4.47.W1PAT
וַיִּֽירְשׁ֨וּ
vayeershoo
“took possession”
- Transliteration
- va-YEER-SHOO
- Extended
- vah-YEER-SHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiːrˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- took possession
- French
- prirent possession
- Spanish
- tomaron posesión
- Portuguese
- tomaram posse
- German
- nahmen in Besitz
- Russian
- овладели
- Arabic-Simplified
- استولوا
- Hindi
- अधिकार किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 占领了
- Korean
- 차지했다
- Indonesian
- menguasai
- Bengali
- দখল করল
- Tagalog
- sinakop
- Swahili
- waliimiliki
- Amharic
- ወረሱ
- Yoruba
- gba
- Igbo
- jidere
- Twi
- faa
- Ewe
- do
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YEER-SHOO
- phraseyour reading level
va-YEER-SHOO ET-ar-TSO
- clause
va-YEER-SHOO ET-ar-TSO ve-ET-E-RETS OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN she-NEE mal-KEE ha-e-mo-REE a-SHER be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-YEER-SHOO ET-ar-TSO ve-ET-E-RETS OG ME-lekh-ha-ba-SHAN she-NEE mal-KEE ha-e-mo-REE a-SHER be-E-ver ha-yar-DEN miz-RAKH SHA-mesh
In context — Deuteronomy 4:47
took possession his land and the land of Og the king of Bashan two kings of the Amorites who beyond the Jordan east of the sun
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:47:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 4:47, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽירְשׁ֨וּ (vayeershoo) 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.4.47.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.47.W1.S1) and character.