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
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yakh-pe-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-pe-RU kol-mits-RA-yim
- clause
va-yakh-pe-RU kol-mits-RA-yim se-vi-VOT ha-ye-OR MA-yim lish-TOT
- 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 context — Exodus 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.