Genesis 11:2:8Gen.11.2.W8PAT
וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ
vayeshevu
“they settled”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-she-vu
- Extended
- vah-YEH-sheh-VOO
- IPA
- /wajˈjeː.ʃə.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they settled
- French
- s'installèrent
- Spanish
- se asentaron
- Portuguese
- se estabeleceram
- German
- ließen sich nieder
- Russian
- они поселились
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَكَنُوا
- Hindi
- वे बस गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们住下了
- Korean
- 정착했다
- Indonesian
- menetap
- Bengali
- তারা বসতি স্থাপন করল
- Tagalog
- nanirahan
- Swahili
- wakakaa
- Amharic
- ተቀመጡ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n tẹ̀dó
- Igbo
- ha biri
- Twi
- wɔtenaa
- Ewe
- wonɔ
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-she-vu
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-she-vu SHAM
- 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 11:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 11:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (vayeshevu) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.2.W8.S1) and character.