Genesis 19:3:12Gen.19.3.W12PAT
וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
vayokhelu
“they ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-khe-LU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-kheh-LUU
- IPA
- /vaj.joː.xeː.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
- wakala
- Amharic
- በሉ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n jẹ
- Igbo
- ha riri
- Twi
- wodii
- 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
va-ya-AS la-HEM mish-TE u-ma-TSOT a-FA va-yo-khe-LU
- sentence
va-yif-TSAR-BAM me-OD va-ya-SU-ru e-LAV va-ya-VO-u EL-bei-TO va-ya-AS la-HEM mish-TE u-ma-TSOT a-FA va-yo-khe-LU
In context — Genesis 19:3
he urged them greatly they turned aside to him they came into his house he prepared a feast for them he baked and unleavened bread they ate
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:3, 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.19.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.3.W12.S1) and character.