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

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Result
וַ + יִּ֤ + פֶן
va + yi + fen
vayifen

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
Pep with dagesh; f without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-FEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-FEN KOH

  3. clause

    va-yi-FEN KOH va-KHOH va-YAR KI EN ISH

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.