Genesis 18:8:13Gen.18.8.W13PAT
וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
vayokhelu
“they ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-khe-LU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-kheh-LOO
- IPA
- /waj.joː.xe.ˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they ate
- French
- ils mangèrent
- Spanish
- comieron
- Portuguese
- comeram
- German
- sie aßen
- Russian
- они ели
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَكَلُوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने खाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们吃了
- Korean
- 그들이 먹었다
- Indonesian
- mereka makan
- Bengali
- তারা খেল
- Tagalog
- at kumain sila
- Swahili
- walikula
- Amharic
- በሉ
- Yoruba
- won je
- Igbo
- ha riri
- Twi
- wodidii
- Ewe
- woɖu
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-khe-LU
- clause
ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM TA-khat ha-ETS va-yo-khe-LU
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH khem-AH ve-kha-LAV u-ven-ha-ba-KAR a-SHER a-SA va-yit-TEN lif-nei-HEM ve-hu-o-MED a-lei-HEM TA-khat ha-ETS va-yo-khe-LU
In context — Genesis 18:8
he took curds and milk and a calf of the herd that he had prepared he set before them they ate and he was standing by them under the tree
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 18:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (vayokhelu) 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.18.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.8.W13.S1) and character.