Exodus 7:24:1Exod.7.24.W1PAT

וַיַּחְפְּר֧וּ

vayakhperu

and they dug

Transliteration
va-yakh-pe-RU
Extended
vah-yakh-peh-ROO
IPA
/vaj.jaħ.pəˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
and they dug
French
et ils creusèrent
Spanish
y cavaron
Portuguese
e cavaram
German
und sie gruben
Russian
и они копали
Arabic-Simplified
وحفروا
Hindi
और उन्होंने खोदा
Chinese-Simplified
并且他们挖掘
Korean
그리고 그들이 팠다
Indonesian
dan mereka menggali
Bengali
আর তারা খুঁড়ল
Tagalog
at sila ay naghukay
Swahili
na wakachimba
Amharic
እነርሱም ቆፈሩ
Yoruba
wọn sì walẹ̀
Igbo
ha wee gwuo
Twi
na wɔtutuu fam
Ewe
eye ɖi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּחְ + פְּ + ר֧וּ
va + yakh + pe + ru
vayakhperu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yakh-pe-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yakh-pe-RU kol-mits-RA-yim

  3. clause

    va-yakh-pe-RU kol-mits-RA-yim se-vi-VOT ha-ye-OR MA-yim lish-TOT

  4. sentence

    va-yakh-pe-RU kol-mits-RA-yim se-vi-VOT ha-ye-OR MA-yim lish-TOT KI LO yakh-LU lish-TOT mim-mey-MEI ha-ye-OR

In contextExodus 7:24

and they dug all Egypt around the Nile water to drink for not they could to drink from the waters of the Nile

About this coordinate

Exodus 7:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 7:24, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחְפְּר֧וּ (vayakhperu) 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.7.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.7.24.W1.S1) and character.