Genesis 10:11:5Gen.10.11.W5PAT

וַיִּ֙בֶן֙

vayiven

built

Transliteration
va-yi-VEN
Extended
vah-yih-VEHN
IPA
/vaj.jiˈvɛn/

Meaning by language

English
built
French
bâtit
Spanish
construyó
Portuguese
construiu
German
baute
Russian
построил
Arabic-Simplified
وبنى
Hindi
बनाया
Chinese-Simplified
建造了
Korean
세웠다
Indonesian
membangun
Bengali
নির্মাণ করল
Tagalog
at nagtayo
Swahili
akajenga
Amharic
ገነባ
Yoruba
kọ́
Igbo
wuru
Twi
sii
Ewe
tu

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Result
וַ + יִּ֙ + בֶן֙
va + yi + ven
vayiven

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-VEN

  2. clause

    va-yi-VEN et-ni-ne-VE ve-et-re-kho-VOT IR ve-et-KA-lakh

  3. sentence

    min-ha-A-rets ha-HI ya-TSA ash-SHUR va-yi-VEN et-ni-ne-VE ve-et-re-kho-VOT IR ve-et-KA-lakh

In contextGenesis 10:11

from the land that went out Asshur built Nineveh and Rehoboth city and Calah

About this coordinate

Genesis 10:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 10:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (vayiven) 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.10.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.11.W5.S1) and character.