Genesis 11:2:4Gen.11.2.W4PAT
וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ
vayimtseu
“they found”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-tse-U
- Extended
- vah-yihm-tseh-OO
- IPA
- /waj.jim.tsəˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they found
- French
- trouvèrent
- Spanish
- hallaron
- Portuguese
- acharam
- German
- fanden
- Russian
- они нашли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَوَجَدُوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने पाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们找到了
- Korean
- 찾았다
- Indonesian
- menemukan
- Bengali
- তারা পেল
- Tagalog
- nakatagpo
- Swahili
- wakapata
- Amharic
- አገኙ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n rí
- Igbo
- ha hụrụ
- Twi
- wonyaa
- Ewe
- wokpɔ
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-tse-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-tse-U vi-ke-AH
- clause
va-yim-tse-U vi-ke-AH be-E-rets shi-ne-AR va-YE-she-vu SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-na-se-AM mi-KE-dem va-yim-tse-U vi-ke-AH be-E-rets shi-ne-AR va-YE-she-vu SHAM
In context — Genesis 11:2
it happened during their journeying from the east they found a broad plain in the land of Shinar they settled there
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 11:2, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּמְצְא֥וּ (vayimtseu) 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.11.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.2.W4.S1) and character.