Genesis 11:8:7Gen.11.8.W7PAT
וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ
vayakhdelu
“they ceased”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-de-LU
- Extended
- vah-yahkh-deh-LUU
- IPA
- /waj.jaħ.də.ˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they ceased
- French
- ils cessèrent
- Spanish
- dejaron
- Portuguese
- deixaram
- German
- sie hörten auf
- Russian
- они перестали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَكَفُّوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने छोड़ दिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们就停止了
- Korean
- 그들은 그만두었다
- Indonesian
- mereka berhenti
- Bengali
- তারা বন্ধ করল
- Tagalog
- at tumigil sila
- Swahili
- wakaacha
- Amharic
- ተዉ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n dáwọ̀ dúró
- Igbo
- ha kwụsịrị
- Twi
- wogyaa
- Ewe
- woɖe asi le
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yakh-de-LU
- clause
va-yakh-de-LU li-ve-NOT ha-IR
- sentence
va-ya-FETS Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM mi-SHAM al-pe-NEI khol-ha-A-rets va-yakh-de-LU li-ve-NOT ha-IR
In context — Genesis 11:8
LORD scattered them from there over the surface of all the earth they ceased to build the city
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 11:8, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ (vayakhdelu) 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.11.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.8.W7.S1) and character.