Exodus 1:11:8Exod.1.11.W8PAT

וַיִּ֜בֶן

vayiven

and he built

Transliteration
va-YI-ven
Extended
vah-YEE-vehn
IPA
/vajˈji.vɛn/

Meaning by language

English
and he built
French
et il bâtit
Spanish
y edificó
Portuguese
e ele construiu
German
und er baute
Russian
и построил
Arabic-Simplified
وَبَنَى
Hindi
और उसने बनाया
Chinese-Simplified
并建造了
Korean
그리고 그는 건축하였다
Indonesian
dan ia membangun
Bengali
আর সে নির্মাণ করল
Tagalog
at siya ay nagtayo
Swahili
naye akajenga
Amharic
እርሱም ሠራ
Yoruba
ó sì kọ́
Igbo
o wee wuo
Twi
na ɔkyekyee
Ewe
eye tu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּ֜ + בֶן
va + yi + ven
vayiven

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
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YI-ven

  2. clause

    va-YI-ven a-REI mis-ke-NOT le-far-O et-pi-TOM ve-et-ra-am-SES

  3. sentence

    va-ya-SI-mu a-LAV sa-REI mis-SIM le-MA-an an-no-TO be-siv-lo-TAM va-YI-ven a-REI mis-ke-NOT le-far-O et-pi-TOM ve-et-ra-am-SES

In contextExodus 1:11

and they set over him chiefs of forced labor in order to afflict him with their burdens and he built cities of storage for Pharaoh Pithom and Raamses

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 1:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֜בֶן (vayiven) 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 Exod.1.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.11.W8.S1) and character.