Genesis 11:31:23Gen.11.31.W23PAT

וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ

vayeshevu

they settled

Transliteration
va-ye-she-VU
Extended
vah-yeh-sheh-VOO
IPA
/vaj.jeː.ʃə.ˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
they settled
French
ils s'installèrent
Spanish
se establecieron
Portuguese
estabeleceram-se
German
ließen sich nieder
Russian
они поселились
Arabic-Simplified
سكنوا
Hindi
वे बस गए
Chinese-Simplified
他们定居
Korean
그들은 정착했다
Indonesian
mereka menetap
Bengali
তারা বসতি করল
Tagalog
nanirahan sila
Swahili
wakakaa
Amharic
ተቀመጡ
Yoruba
wọn gbé
Igbo
ha biri
Twi
wɔtenaa
Ewe
wonɔ

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֥ + שְׁ + בוּ
va + ye + she + vu
vayeshevu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-she-VU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-she-VU SHAM

  3. clause

    va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH TE-rakh et-av-RAM be-NO ve-et-LOT ben-ha-RAN ben-be-NO ve-ET sa-RAI ka-la-TO E-shet av-RAM be-NO va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM

In contextGenesis 11:31

Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his grandson and Sarai his daughter-in-law wife of Abram his son they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go toward the land of Canaan they came as far as Haran they settled there

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:31:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Genesis 11:31, 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.11.31.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.31.W23.S1) and character.