Genesis 17:3:4Gen.17.3.W4PAT
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vayedaber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /waj.dab.ˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- spoke
- French
- parla
- Spanish
- habló
- Portuguese
- falou
- German
- redete
- Russian
- говорил
- Arabic-Simplified
- تَكَلَّمَ
- Hindi
- बोले
- Chinese-Simplified
- 开口
- Korean
- 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- berfirman
- Bengali
- কথা বললেন
- Tagalog
- nangusap
- Swahili
- akanena
- Amharic
- ተናገረ
- Yoruba
- sọ̀rọ̀
- Igbo
- gwara
- Twi
- kasae
- Ewe
- ƒo nu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + דַ + בֵּ֥ר
↓
va + ye + da + ber
↓
vayedaber
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER it-TO
- clause
va-ye-da-BER it-TO e-lo-HIM le-a-MOR
- sentence
va-yip-POL av-RAM al-pa-NAW va-ye-da-BER it-TO e-lo-HIM le-a-MOR
In context — Genesis 17:3
Abram fell on his face God spoke with him saying
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedaber) 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.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.3.W4.S1) and character.