Exodus 12:27:16Exod.12.27.W16PAT
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃
vayishtakhavu
“and prostrated themselves”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- Extended
- vah-yish-tah-khah-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ta.ħăˈwuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and prostrated themselves
- French
- et se prosternèrent
- Spanish
- y se postraron
- Portuguese
- e se prostraram
- German
- und warfen sich nieder
- Russian
- и поклонились
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَجَدُوا
- Hindi
- और दण्डवत् किए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并俯伏敬拜
- Korean
- 그리고 엎드려 경배하였다
- Indonesian
- dan sujud
- Bengali
- আর সেজদা করল
- Tagalog
- at nagpatirapa
- Swahili
- wakaabudu
- Amharic
- እና ሰገዱ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sì foribalẹ̀
- Igbo
- ha wee kpọọ isi ala
- Twi
- na wɔkotow gui
- Ewe
- eye de ta ku
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- clause
va-yik-KOD ha-AM va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- sentence
va-a-mar-TEM ze-vakh-PE-sakh HU la-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER pa-SAKH al-ba-TEI be-nei-yis-ra-EL be-mits-RA-yim be-nag-PO et-mits-RA-yim ve-et-ba-TEI-nu hi-TSIL va-yik-KOD ha-AM va-yish-ta-kha-VU
In context — Exodus 12:27
and you shall say sacrifice of Passover it is to the LORD who passed over over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when he struck Egypt and our houses he spared and bowed the people and prostrated themselves
About this coordinate
Exodus 12:27:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Exodus 12:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃ (vayishtakhavu) 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.12.27.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.27.W16.S1) and character.