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

Result
וַ + יָּ + קֻ֤ + מוּ
va + ya + ku + mu
vayakumu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-KU-mu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM

  3. clause

    va-ya-KU-mu mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yash-KI-fu al-pe-NEI se-DOM

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.