Exodus 4:24:6Exod.4.24.W6PAT
וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ
vayevakesh
“and sought”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-va-KESH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-vah-KEHSH
- IPA
- /va.jə.vaq.ˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and sought
- French
- et chercha
- Spanish
- y procuró
- Portuguese
- e procurou
- German
- und suchte
- Russian
- и искал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَطَلَبَ
- Hindi
- और चाहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并寻求
- Korean
- 그리고 꾀했다
- Indonesian
- dan berusaha
- Bengali
- এবং চেষ্টা করল
- Tagalog
- at naghangad
- Swahili
- akatafuta
- Amharic
- እና ፈለገ
- Yoruba
- ó sì wá
- Igbo
- wee chọọ
- Twi
- na ɔhwehwɛe
- Ewe
- eye va di
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-va-KESH
- clause
va-yif-ge-SHE-hu Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-va-KESH ha-mi-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-DE-rekh ba-ma-LON va-yif-ge-SHE-hu Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-va-KESH ha-mi-TO
In context — Exodus 4:24
and it happened on the way at the lodging-place and met him LORD and sought to kill him
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 4:24, so the Hebrew word וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (vayevakesh) 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.4.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.24.W6.S1) and character.