Genesis 14:8:12Gen.14.8.W12PAT

וַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּ

vayaarkhu

waged

Transliteration
va-ya-ar-KHU
Extended
vah-yah-ahr-KHOO
IPA
/vaj.ja.ʕarˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
waged
French
livrèrent
Spanish
libraron
Portuguese
travaram
German
führten
Russian
вели
Arabic-Simplified
وَشَنُّوا
Hindi
छेड़ा
Chinese-Simplified
展开了
Korean
벌였다
Indonesian
melancarkan
Bengali
করল
Tagalog
at naglunsad ng
Swahili
walipiga
Amharic
አደረጉ
Yoruba
wọn ja
Igbo
ha busoro
Twi
wɔyɛe
Ewe
wo wɔ

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Result
וַ + יַּֽ + עַרְ + כ֤וּ
va + ya + ar + khu
vayaarkhu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-ar-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-ar-KHU i-TAM

  3. clause

    va-ya-ar-KHU i-TAM mil-kha-MA be-E-mek ha-si-DIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA u-ME-lekh a-de-MA u-ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh BE-la hi-TSO-ar va-ya-ar-KHU i-TAM mil-kha-MA be-E-mek ha-si-DIM

In contextGenesis 14:8

king of Sodom and king of Gomorrah and king of Admah and king of Zeboiim and king of Bela that is Zoar waged went out against them war in the valley of Siddim

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 14:8, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּ (vayaarkhu) 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.14.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.8.W12.S1) and character.