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
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yif-NU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yif-NU mi-SHAM
- clause
va-yif-NU mi-SHAM ha-a-na-SHIM va-yel-KHU se-DO-ma
- 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 context — Genesis 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.