Exodus 5:19:1Exod.5.19.W1PAT
וַיִּרְא֞וּ
vayiru
“and they saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-U
- Extended
- vah-yir-OO
- IPA
- /vaj.jir.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they saw
- French
- et ils virent
- Spanish
- y vieron
- Portuguese
- e viram
- German
- und sahen
- Russian
- и увидели
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَأَوْا
- Hindi
- और उन्होंने देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并看见
- Korean
- 그리고 보았다
- Indonesian
- dan melihat
- Bengali
- এবং দেখল
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- wakaona
- Amharic
- እና አዩ
- Yoruba
- ati ri
- Igbo
- ha wee hu
- Twi
- na wohuu
- Ewe
- eye wokpo
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- clause
va-yir-U shot-REI ve-nei-yis-ra-EL o-TAM be-RA le-MOR
- sentence
va-yir-U shot-REI ve-nei-yis-ra-EL o-TAM be-RA le-MOR lo-tig-re-U mil-liv-nei-KHEM de-var-YOM be-yo-MO
In context — Exodus 5:19
and they saw the foremen of the sons of Israel them in trouble saying you shall not reduce from your bricks the quota of a day in its day
About this coordinate
Exodus 5:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 5:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֞וּ (vayiru) 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.5.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.19.W1.S1) and character.