Exodus 7:20:17Exod.7.20.W17PAT
וַיֵּהָֽפְכ֛וּ
vayehafkhu
“and were turned”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-haf-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-hahf-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeː.haːfˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and were turned
- French
- et furent changées
- Spanish
- y fueron transformadas
- Portuguese
- e foram transformadas
- German
- und wurden verwandelt
- Russian
- и превратились
- Arabic-Simplified
- وتحوّلت
- Hindi
- और बदल गया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就变成了
- Korean
- 그리고 변하였다
- Indonesian
- dan berubah
- Bengali
- এবং রূপান্তরিত হল
- Tagalog
- at naging
- Swahili
- yakageuka
- Amharic
- እና ተለወጡ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sì di
- Igbo
- wee ghọọ
- Twi
- na ɛdanee
- Ewe
- eye wotrɔ
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-haf-KHU
- clause
va-ye-haf-KHU kol-ha-MA-yim a-sher-ba-ye-OR le-DAM
- sentence
va-ya-a-su-KHEN mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-REM ba-ma-TEH va-YAKH et-ha-MA-yim a-SHER ba-ye-OR le-ei-NEI par-OH u-le-ei-NEI a-va-DAV va-ye-haf-KHU kol-ha-MA-yim a-sher-ba-ye-OR le-DAM
In context — Exodus 7:20
and they did so Moses and Aaron as he commanded LORD and he raised with the staff and he struck the waters that in the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and before the eyes of his servants and were turned all the waters that were in the Nile to blood
About this coordinate
Exodus 7:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 7:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּהָֽפְכ֛וּ (vayehafkhu) 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.7.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.7.20.W17.S1) and character.