Deuteronomy 9:17:1Deut.9.17.W1PAT
וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙
vaetpos
“I took hold”
- Transliteration
- va-et-POS
- Extended
- vah-et-POHS
- IPA
- /va.ʔɛtˈpos/
Meaning by language
- English
- I took hold
- French
- j'ai saisi
- Spanish
- agarré
- Portuguese
- agarrei
- German
- ich ergriff
- Russian
- я схватил
- Arabic-Simplified
- أمسكت
- Hindi
- मैंने पकड़ा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我抓住了
- Korean
- 내가 붙잡았다
- Indonesian
- kupegang
- Bengali
- আমি ধরলাম
- Tagalog
- hinawakan ko
- Swahili
- nilishika
- Amharic
- ያዝሁ
- Yoruba
- mo di
- Igbo
- m jidere
- Twi
- mekyeree
- Ewe
- metsɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-et-POS
- clause
va-et-POS bish-NEI hal-lu-KHOT va-ash-li-KHEM me-AL SHTEI ya-DAI
- sentence
va-et-POS bish-NEI hal-lu-KHOT va-ash-li-KHEM me-AL SHTEI ya-DAI va-a-shab-REHM le-ei-NEI-khem
In context — Deuteronomy 9:17
of the two the tablets I took hold I threw them from upon the two my hands I broke them before your eyes
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 9:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 9:17, so the Hebrew word וָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙ (vaetpos) 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.9.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.9.17.W1.S1) and character.