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
Igbo
hụrụ
Twi
hui
Ewe
kpɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּרְ + א֤וּ
va + yir + u
vayiru

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yir-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yir-U ha-mi-tse-RIM

  3. clause

    va-yir-U ha-mi-tse-RIM et-ha-i-SHA ki-ya-FA HI me-OD

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.