Genesis 18:22:1Gen.18.22.W1PAT

וַיִּפְנ֤וּ

vayifnu

turned

Transliteration
va-yif-NU
Extended
vah-yif-NOO
IPA
/waj.jif.ˈnuː/

Meaning by language

English
turned
French
se tournèrent
Spanish
se volvieron
Portuguese
voltaram-se
German
wandten sich
Russian
повернули
Arabic-Simplified
وَانْصَرَفُوا
Hindi
मुड़े
Chinese-Simplified
转向
Korean
돌아섰다
Indonesian
berbalik
Bengali
ফিরল
Tagalog
at bumaling
Swahili
waligeuka
Amharic
ተመለሱ
Yoruba
yí padà
Igbo
tụgharịrị
Twi
danee
Ewe
trɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּפְ + נ֤וּ
va + yif + nu
vayifnu

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
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yif-NU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yif-NU mi-SHAM

  3. clause

    va-yif-NU mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yel-KHU se-DO-ma

  4. sentence

    va-yif-NU mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yel-KHU se-DO-ma ve-av-ra-HAM o-DE-nu o-MED lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 18:22

the men turned from there went toward Sodom but Abraham still stood before LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְנ֤וּ (vayifnu) 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.18.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.22.W1.S1) and character.