Genesis 12:15:1Gen.12.15.W1PAT
וַיִּרְא֤וּ
vayiru
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-U
- Extended
- vah-yir-OO
- IPA
- /waj.jir.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw
- French
- virent
- Spanish
- vieron
- Portuguese
- viram
- German
- sahen
- Russian
- увидели
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَأَوْا
- Hindi
- देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 看见了
- Korean
- 보았다
- Indonesian
- melihat
- Bengali
- দেখল
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- waliona
- 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 o-TAH
- clause
va-yir-U o-TAH sa-REI far-O va-ye-hal-LU o-TAH el-par-O
- sentence
va-yir-U o-TAH sa-REI far-O va-ye-hal-LU o-TAH el-par-O va-tuk-KAKH ha-ish-SHA BEIT par-O
In context — Genesis 12:15
princes of Pharaoh saw her praised her to Pharaoh the woman was taken house of Pharaoh
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:15, 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.12.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.15.W1.S1) and character.