Genesis 18:16:1Gen.18.16.W1PAT
וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ
vayakumu
“arose”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KU-mu
- Extended
- vah-yah-KOO-moo
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈqu.muː/
Meaning by language
- English
- arose
- French
- se levèrent
- Spanish
- se levantaron
- Portuguese
- levantaram-se
- German
- standen auf
- Russian
- встали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَامُوا
- Hindi
- उठे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 起身
- Korean
- 일어났다
- Indonesian
- bangkit
- Bengali
- উঠল
- Tagalog
- tumindig
- Swahili
- waliinuka
- Amharic
- ተነሡ
- Yoruba
- dìde
- Igbo
- biliri
- Twi
- sɔree
- Ewe
- tso
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KU-mu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM ve-a-ve-ra-HAM ho-LEKH im-MAM le-shal-KHAM
In context — Genesis 18:16
the men arose from there looked down toward Sodom and Abraham went with them to send them off
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:16, so the Hebrew word וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ (vayakumu) 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.18.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.16.W1.S1) and character.