Genesis 19:28:1Gen.19.28.W1PAT
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף
vayashkef
“and he looked down”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KEF
- Extended
- vah-yash-KEHF
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃ.ˈqeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he looked down
- French
- et il regarda en bas
- Spanish
- y miró hacia abajo
- Russian
- и посмотрел вниз
- Arabic-Simplified
- ونظر إلى أسفل
- Hindi
- और नीचे देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并俯视
- Swahili
- naye akaangalia chini
- Twi
- na ɔhwɛe fam
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-KEF
- clause
va-yash-KEF al-pe-NEI se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-al-kol-pe-NEI E-rets ha-ki-KAR
- sentence
va-yash-KEF al-pe-NEI se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-al-kol-pe-NEI E-rets ha-ki-KAR va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN
In context — Genesis 19:28
and he looked down upon the face of Sodom and Gomorrah and upon all the face of land of the plain and he saw and behold smoke of went up the land like smoke of the furnace
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:28, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף (vayashkef) 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.19.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.28.W1.S1) and character.