Genesis 12:14:5Gen.12.14.W5PAT
וַיִּרְא֤וּ
vayiru
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-U
- Extended
- vah-yir-UU
- IPA
- /waj.jir.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw
- French
- virent
- Spanish
- vieron
- Portuguese
- viram
- German
- sahen
- Russian
- увидели
- Arabic-Simplified
- ورأوا
- Hindi
- देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 看见了
- Korean
- 보았다
- Indonesian
- melihat
- Bengali
- দেখল
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- wakaona
- Amharic
- አዩ
- Yoruba
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- hui
- Ewe
- kpɔ
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-U ha-mi-tse-RIM
- clause
va-yir-U ha-mi-tse-RIM et-ha-i-SHA ki-ya-FA HI me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-VO av-RAM mi-tse-RA-ye-ma va-yir-U ha-mi-tse-RIM et-ha-i-SHA ki-ya-FA HI me-OD
In context — Genesis 12:14
it happened Abram upon entering Egypt the Egyptians saw the woman that beautiful she very
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 12:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֤וּ (vayiru) 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.12.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.14.W5.S1) and character.