Exodus 2:12:1Exod.2.12.W1PAT
וַיִּ֤פֶן
vayifen
“and he turned”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-FEN
- Extended
- vah-yi-FEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.ˈfɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he turned
- French
- et il se tourna
- Spanish
- y se volvió
- Portuguese
- e virou-se
- German
- und er wandte sich
- Russian
- и он повернулся
- Arabic-Simplified
- والتفت
- Hindi
- और वह मुड़ा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他转向
- Korean
- 그리고 그가 돌이켰다
- Indonesian
- dan ia menoleh
- Bengali
- আর তিনি ফিরলেন
- Tagalog
- at siya ay lumingon
- Swahili
- naye akageuka
- Amharic
- እርሱም ተመለሰ
- Yoruba
- ó sì yí
- Igbo
- o wee tụgharịa
- Twi
- na ɔdanee
- Ewe
- eye trɔ
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-FEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-FEN KOH
- clause
va-yi-FEN KOH va-KHOH va-YAR KI EN ISH
- sentence
va-yi-FEN KOH va-KHOH va-YAR KI EN ISH va-YAKH et-ha-mits-RI va-yit-me-NE-hu ba-KHOL
In context — Exodus 2:12
and he turned this way and that way and he saw that there was no man and he struck the Egyptian and he hid him in the sand
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 2:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֤פֶן (vayifen) 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.2.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.12.W1.S1) and character.