Genesis 12:7:9Gen.12.7.W9PAT

וַיִּ֤בֶן

vayiven

He built

Transliteration
va-yi-VEN
Extended
vah-yih-VEHN
IPA
/vaj.ji.ˈvɛn/

Meaning by language

English
He built
French
il bâtit
Spanish
él edificó
Portuguese
ele construiu
German
er baute
Russian
он построил
Arabic-Simplified
وَبَنَى
Hindi
उसने बनाया
Chinese-Simplified
他筑了
Korean
그가 쌓았다
Indonesian
Ia membangun
Bengali
তিনি নির্মাণ করলেন
Tagalog
at nagtayo
Swahili
akajenga
Amharic
ሠራ
Yoruba
ó kọ́
Igbo
o wuru
Twi
ɔsii
Ewe
etu

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Result
וַ + יִּ֤ + בֶן
va + yi + ven
vayiven

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-VEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-VEN SHAM

  3. clause

    va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH han-nir-EH e-LAV

  4. sentence

    va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-YO-mer le-zar-a-KHA et-TEN et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH han-nir-EH e-LAV

In contextGenesis 12:7

LORD appeared to Abram He said I will give land this to your offspring He built an altar there to the LORD who appeared to him

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 12:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֤בֶן (vayiven) 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.12.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.7.W9.S1) and character.