Genesis 11:29:14Gen.11.29.W14PAT

וַֽאֲבִ֥י

vaavi

and father of

Transliteration
va-a-VI
Extended
vah-ah-VEE
IPA
/wa.ʔă.ˈviː/

Meaning by language

English
and father of
French
et père de
Spanish
y padre de
Portuguese
e pai de
German
und Vater von
Russian
и отец
Arabic-Simplified
وأبو
Hindi
और पिता
Chinese-Simplified
和父亲
Korean
그리고 아버지
Indonesian
dan ayah
Bengali
এবং পিতা
Tagalog
at ama ni
Swahili
na baba wa
Amharic
እና አባት
Yoruba
ati baba ti
Igbo
na nna nke
Twi
ne agya
Ewe
kple fofo

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Result
וַֽ + אֲ + בִ֥י
va + a + vi
vaavi

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-a-VI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-a-VI yi-se-KAH

  3. clause

    SHEM e-shet-av-RAM sa-RAI ve-SHEM e-shet-na-KHOR mil-KAH bat-ha-RAN a-vi-mil-KAH va-a-VI yi-se-KAH

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ve-na-KHOR la-HEM na-SHIM SHEM e-shet-av-RAM sa-RAI ve-SHEM e-shet-na-KHOR mil-KAH bat-ha-RAN a-vi-mil-KAH va-a-VI yi-se-KAH

In contextGenesis 11:29

Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves name of wife of Abram Sarai and name of wife of Nahor Milcah daughter of Haran father of Milcah and father of Iscah

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:29:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 11:29, so the Hebrew word וַֽאֲבִ֥י (vaavi) 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.11.29.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.29.W14.S1) and character.