Genesis 18:2:14Gen.18.2.W14PAT

וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ

vayishtakhu

He bowed down

Transliteration
va-yish-ta-KHU
Extended
vah-yish-tah-KHOO
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.ta.ˈħuː/

Meaning by language

English
He bowed down
French
se prosterna
Spanish
se postró
Portuguese
prostrou-se
German
warf sich nieder
Russian
поклонился
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَجَدَ
Hindi
दण्डवत किया
Chinese-Simplified
下拜
Korean
엎드려 절하였다
Indonesian
bersujud
Bengali
নত হলেন
Tagalog
at nagpatirapa
Swahili
akasujudu
Amharic
ሰገደ
Yoruba
foribalẹ̀
Igbo
kpọrọ isi ala
Twi
kotowee
Ewe
de ta agu

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Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + תַּ֖ + חוּ
va + yish + ta + khu
vayishtakhu

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-ta-KHU

  2. clause

    va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA

  3. 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 18:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 18:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (vayishtakhu) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.2.W14.S1) and character.