Genesis 12:20:1Gen.12.20.W1PAT
וַיְצַ֥ו
vayetsav
“gave orders to”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-TSAV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-TSAHV
- IPA
- /wa.jəˈtsaw/
Meaning by language
- English
- gave orders to
- French
- donna des ordres à
- Spanish
- dio órdenes a
- Portuguese
- deu ordens a
- German
- befahl
- Russian
- дал приказ
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَمَرَ
- Hindi
- आज्ञा दी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 吩咐
- Korean
- 명령하였다
- Indonesian
- memerintahkan
- Bengali
- আদেশ দিল
- Tagalog
- at nag-utos
- Swahili
- akaamuru
- Amharic
- ትእዛዝ ሰጠ
- Yoruba
- paṣẹ fún
- Igbo
- nyere iwu
- Twi
- hyɛɛ
- Ewe
- ɖo na
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSAV a-LAV
- clause
va-ye-TSAV a-LAV pa-re-OH a-na-SHIM
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV a-LAV pa-re-OH a-na-SHIM va-ye-shal-le-KHU o-TO ve-et-i-she-TO ve-et-kol-a-sher-LO
In context — Genesis 12:20
Pharaoh gave orders to men concerning him they sent away him and his wife and all that belonged to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:20, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַ֥ו (vayetsav) 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.12.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.20.W1.S1) and character.