Exodus 5:14:1Exod.5.14.W1PAT

וַיֻּכּ֗וּ

vayuku

and were beaten

Transliteration
va-yu-KU
Extended
vah-yoo-KOO
IPA
/vaj.jukˈkuː/

Meaning by language

English
and were beaten
French
et furent frappés
Spanish
y fueron golpeados
Portuguese
e foram espancados
German
und wurden geschlagen
Russian
и были избиты
Arabic-Simplified
وَضُرِبُوا
Hindi
और पीटे गए
Chinese-Simplified
就被打了
Korean
그리고 맞았다
Indonesian
dan dipukuli
Bengali
আর প্রহৃত হল
Tagalog
at binugbog
Swahili
na wakapigwa
Amharic
ተመቱ
Yoruba
a si lu won
Igbo
e wee tie ha
Twi
na wɔbɔɔ wɔn
Ewe
eye wo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֻּ + כּ֗וּ
va + yu + ku
vayuku

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yu-KU

  2. clause

    va-yu-KU sho-TREI be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-sher-sa-MU a-le-HEM nog-SEI par-O le-MOR

  3. sentence

    va-yu-KU sho-TREI be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-sher-sa-MU a-le-HEM nog-SEI par-O le-MOR mad-DU-a LO ki-li-TEM khokh-KHEM lil-BON kit-MOL shil-SHOM gam-te-MOL gam-ha-YOM

In contextExodus 5:14

and were beaten foremen of the sons of Israel whom they had set over them taskmasters of Pharaoh saying why not you finished your quota to make bricks as yesterday day before yesterday also yesterday also today

About this coordinate

Exodus 5:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 5:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֻּכּ֗וּ (vayuku) 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.5.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.14.W1.S1) and character.