Genesis 13:18:1Gen.13.18.W1PAT
וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל
vayeehal
“pitched a tent”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-HAL
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-HAL
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛ.ʔɛ̆.ˈhal/
Meaning by language
- English
- pitched a tent
- French
- dressa une tente
- Spanish
- plantó una tienda
- Portuguese
- armou uma tenda
- German
- schlug ein Zelt auf
- Russian
- раскинул шатёр
- Arabic-Simplified
- نصب خيمة
- Hindi
- तम्बू लगाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 支搭帐棚
- Korean
- 장막을 쳤다
- Indonesian
- memasang kemah
- Bengali
- তাঁবু খাটাল
- Tagalog
- nagtayo ng tolda
- Swahili
- alipiga hema
- Amharic
- ድንኳን ተከለ
- Yoruba
- pa agọ́
- Igbo
- tọrọ ụlọikwuu
- Twi
- sii ntamadan
- Ewe
- ɖo agbadɔ
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-HAL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-e-HAL av-RAM
- clause
va-ye-e-HAL av-RAM va-ya-VO va-YE-shev be-e-lo-NE ma-me-RE a-SHER be-khe-ve-RON
- sentence
va-ye-e-HAL av-RAM va-ya-VO va-YE-shev be-e-lo-NE ma-me-RE a-SHER be-khe-ve-RON va-yi-ven-SHAM mi-ze-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 13:18
Abram pitched a tent He came He settled by the oaks of Mamre which was in Hebron He built there an altar to the LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 13:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל (vayeehal) 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.13.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.18.W1.S1) and character.