Exodus 2:23:8Exod.2.23.W8PAT
וַיֵּאָנְח֧וּ
vayeankhu
“and groaned”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-an-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ahn-KHOO
- IPA
- /waj.jeː.ʔaːnˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and groaned
- French
- et gémirent
- Spanish
- y gimieron
- Portuguese
- e gemeram
- German
- und stöhnten
- Russian
- и стонали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَتَنَهَّدَ
- Hindi
- और कराह उठे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就呻吟了
- Korean
- 그리고 신음하였다
- Indonesian
- dan mengerang
- Bengali
- এবং গোঙাল
- Tagalog
- at dumaing
- Swahili
- wakaugua
- Amharic
- እናም ተቃተቱ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sì kerora
- Igbo
- ha wee sụ ude
- Twi
- na wɔhomee
- Ewe
- eye tsa aɖe
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-an-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-an-KHU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-ye-HI va-ya-MIM ha-ra-BIM ha-HEM va-ya-MAT ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-ye-an-KHU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-vo-DA va-yiz-a-KU
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-ya-MIM ha-ra-BIM ha-HEM va-ya-MAT ME-lekh mits-RA-yim va-ye-an-KHU ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-vo-DA va-yiz-a-KU va-ta-AL shav-a-TAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-vo-DA
In context — Exodus 2:23
and it happened in the days the many those and died king Egypt and groaned sons of Israel from the slavery and cried out and went up their cry to God from the slavery
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 2:23, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּאָנְח֧וּ (vayeankhu) 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.2.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.23.W8.S1) and character.