Genesis 18:27:1Gen.18.27.W1PAT
וַיַּ֥עַן
vayaan
“answered”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-an
- Extended
- vah-YAH-ahn
- IPA
- /waj.ˈja.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- answered
- French
- répondit
- Spanish
- respondió
- Portuguese
- respondeu
- German
- antwortete
- Russian
- ответил
- Arabic-Simplified
- فَأَجَابَ
- Hindi
- उत्तर दिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 回答了
- Korean
- 대답하였다
- Indonesian
- menjawab
- Bengali
- উত্তর দিল
- Tagalog
- at sumagot
- Swahili
- alijibu
- Amharic
- መለሰ
- Yoruba
- dahun
- Igbo
- zara
- Twi
- buaa
- Ewe
- ɖo ŋu
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YA-an
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-an av-ra-HAM
- clause
va-YA-an av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-YA-an av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR hi-ne-NA ho-AL-ti le-da-BER el-a-do-NAI ve-a-no-KHI a-FAR va-E-fer
In context — Genesis 18:27
Abraham answered said look please I have ventured to speak to the Lord and I am dust and ashes
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:27, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֥עַן (vayaan) 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.18.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.27.W1.S1) and character.