Genesis 18:23:1Gen.18.23.W1PAT
וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ
vayiggash
“approached”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-GASH
- Extended
- vah-yihg-GAHSH
- IPA
- /vaj.jig.ˈgaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- approached
- French
- s'approcha
- Spanish
- se acercó
- Portuguese
- aproximou-se
- German
- näherte sich
- Russian
- подошёл
- Arabic-Simplified
- فَاقْتَرَبَ
- Hindi
- निकट आया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 走近
- Korean
- 가까이 나아갔다
- Indonesian
- mendekat
- Bengali
- কাছে এল
- Tagalog
- at lumapit
- Swahili
- akaribia
- Amharic
- ቀረበ
- Yoruba
- sunmọ̀
- Igbo
- bịarutere nso
- Twi
- bɛn
- Ewe
- te ɖe egbɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּג + גַּ֥שׁ
↓
va + yig + gash
↓
vayiggash
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yig-GASH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yig-GASH av-ra-HAM
- clause
va-yig-GASH av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-yig-GASH av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR ha-AF tis-PE tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA
In context — Genesis 18:23
Abraham approached said indeed will you sweep away a righteous one with a wicked one
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ (vayiggash) 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.18.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.23.W1.S1) and character.