Genesis 1:7:4Gen.1.7.W4PAT

וַיַּבְדֵּ֗ל

vayavdel

separated

Transliteration
va-yav-DEL
Extended
vah-yav-DEHL
IPA
/waj.jav.ˈdeːl/

Meaning by language

English
separated
French
sépara
Spanish
separó
Portuguese
separou
German
trennte
Russian
отделил
Arabic-Simplified
فَصَلَ
Hindi
अलग किया
Chinese-Simplified
分开了
Korean
나누셨다
Indonesian
memisahkan
Bengali
পৃথক করলেন
Tagalog
pinaghiwalay
Swahili
alitenganisha
Amharic
ለየ
Yoruba
yà sọ́tọ̀
Igbo
kewapụrụ
Twi
ɔtetew mu
Ewe
ma ɖe wó

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּבְ + דֵּ֗ל
va + yav + del
vayavdel

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yav-DEL

  2. clause

    va-YA-as e-lo-HIM et-ha-ra-KEE-ah va-yav-DEL BEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah u-VEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER me-AL la-ra-KEE-ah

  3. sentence

    va-YA-as e-lo-HIM et-ha-ra-KEE-ah va-yav-DEL BEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER mi-ta-KHAT la-ra-KEE-ah u-VEN ha-MA-yim a-SHER me-AL la-ra-KEE-ah va-ye-hi-KHEN

In contextGenesis 1:7

God {And He} made the expanse separated between the waters that are under the expanse and between the waters that are above the expanse {And} it was so

About this coordinate

Genesis 1:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 1:7, so the Hebrew word וַיַּבְדֵּ֗ל (vayavdel) 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 Gen.1.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.7.W4.S1) and character.