Genesis 18:2:1Gen.18.2.W1PAT

וַיִּשָּׂ֤א

vayissa

He lifted up

Transliteration
va-yis-SA
Extended
vah-yis-SAA
IPA
/vaj.jis.ˈsaː/

Meaning by language

English
He lifted up
French
leva
Spanish
levantó
Portuguese
levantou
German
hob
Russian
поднял
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَفَعَ
Hindi
उठाया
Chinese-Simplified
抬起
Korean
들어 올렸다
Indonesian
mengangkat
Bengali
তুললেন
Tagalog
at itinaas
Swahili
akainua
Amharic
አነሣ
Yoruba
gbé sókè
Igbo
weliri
Twi
maa so
Ewe
kɔe yi

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Result
וַ + יִּש + שָּׂ֤א
va + yis + sa
vayissa

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yis-SA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yis-SA e-NAV

  3. clause

    va-yis-SA e-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-NEH she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV

  4. sentence

    va-yis-SA e-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-NEH she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA

In contextGenesis 18:2

He lifted up his eyes He saw behold three men standing before him He saw to meet them He ran from the entrance of the tent He bowed down to the ground

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׂ֤א (vayissa) 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.18.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.2.W1.S1) and character.