Genesis 13:18:9Gen.13.18.W9PAT

וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם

vayivensham

He built there

Transliteration
va-yi-ven-SHAM
Extended
vah-yih-ven-SHAAM
IPA
/vaj.ji.vɛn.ˈʃaːm/

Meaning by language

English
He built there
French
il bâtit là
Spanish
construyó allí
Portuguese
construiu ali
German
baute dort
Russian
построил там
Arabic-Simplified
وبنى هناك
Hindi
वहाँ उसने बनाया
Chinese-Simplified
在那里建造
Korean
거기에 세웠다
Indonesian
ia membangun di sana
Bengali
সেখানে তিনি নির্মাণ করলেন
Tagalog
at nagtayo roon
Swahili
akajenga huko
Amharic
እዚያ ሠራ
Yoruba
ó kọ nibẹ
Igbo
o wuru n'ebe ahụ
Twi
ɔsii wɔ hɔ
Ewe
etu le afima

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Result
וַ + יִּֽ + בֶן + שָׁ֥ם
va + yi + ven + sham
vayivensham

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-ven-SHAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-ven-SHAM mi-ze-BE-akh

  3. clause

    va-yi-ven-SHAM mi-ze-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 13:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 13:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם (vayivensham) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.18.W9.S1) and character.