Genesis 12:9:1Gen.12.9.W1PAT

וַיִּסַּ֣ע

vayissa

journeyed

Transliteration
va-yis-SA
Extended
vah-yihs-SAH
IPA
/waj.jis.ˈsaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
journeyed
French
partit
Spanish
partió
Portuguese
partiu
German
brach auf
Russian
отправился
Arabic-Simplified
وَارْتَحَلَ
Hindi
चला
Chinese-Simplified
起行
Korean
길을 떠났다
Indonesian
berangkat
Bengali
যাত্রা করল
Tagalog
at naglakbay
Swahili
alisafiri
Amharic
ተጓዘ
Yoruba
rin ìrìn-àjò
Igbo
gara ije
Twi
tuu kwan
Ewe
dzo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּס + סַּ֣ע
va + yis + sa
vayissa

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
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yis-SA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yis-SA av-RAM

  3. sentence

    va-yis-SA av-RAM ha-LOKH ve-na-SO-a ha-neg-BA

In contextGenesis 12:9

Abram journeyed going and journeying toward the Negeb

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 12:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסַּ֣ע (vayissa) 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.12.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.9.W1.S1) and character.