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
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- clause
va-YAR va-ya-RATS lik-ra-TAM mi-PE-takh ha-O-hel va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA
- 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 context — Genesis 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.