Genesis 19:1:12Gen.19.1.W12PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ
vayishtakhu
“he bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yish-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ta.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he bowed down
- French
- il se prosterna
- Spanish
- se inclinó
- Portuguese
- ele se prostrou
- German
- er verneigte sich
- Russian
- он поклонился
- Arabic-Simplified
- وانحنى
- Hindi
- वह झुका
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他下拜
- Korean
- 그는 몸을 굽혔다
- Indonesian
- ia sujud
- Bengali
- সে নত হল
- Tagalog
- at yumukod siya
- Swahili
- akainama
- Amharic
- እርሱ ሰገደ
- Yoruba
- ó tẹríba
- Igbo
- o hulatara
- Twi
- ɔkotow
- Ewe
- eƒo klo
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim
- clause
va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
- sentence
va-ya-vo-U she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma ba-E-rev ve-LOT yo-SHEV be-sha-ar-se-DOM va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
In context — Genesis 19:1
the two angels came to Sodom in the evening and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom Lot saw he rose to meet them he bowed down with face to the ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:1, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (vayishtakhu) 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.19.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.1.W12.S1) and character.