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
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-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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.