Genesis 11:18:1Gen.11.18.W1PAT
וַֽיְחִי־פֶ֖לֶג
vayekhifeleg
“Peleg lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI-FE-leg
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE-FEH-lehg
- IPA
- /wajəˈħiː.ˈfɛ.lɛɣ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Peleg lived
- French
- Péleg vécut
- Spanish
- Péleg vivió
- Portuguese
- Peleg viveu
- German
- Peleg lebte
- Russian
- Пелег жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- عاش فالج
- Hindi
- पेलेग जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 佩莱格活了
- Korean
- 벨렉이 살았다
- Indonesian
- Peleg hidup
- Bengali
- পেলেগ বেঁচে ছিল
- Tagalog
- nabuhay si Peleg
- Swahili
- Pelegi aliishi
- Amharic
- ፈሌግ ኖረ
- Yoruba
- Peleg wà láàyè
- Igbo
- Peleg biri ndụ
- Twi
- Peleg tenaa ase
- Ewe
- Peleg nɔ agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + יְ + חִי + פֶ֖ + לֶג
↓
va + ye + khi + fe + leg
↓
vayekhifeleg
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHI-FE-leg
- clause
va-ye-KHI-FE-leg she-lo-SHIM sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-KHI-FE-leg she-lo-SHIM sha-NA va-YO-led ET-re-U
In context — Genesis 11:18
Peleg lived thirty years he fathered Reu
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:18, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְחִי־פֶ֖לֶג (vayekhifeleg) 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.11.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.18.W1.S1) and character.