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

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Result
וַ + יֹּא + כֵֽ + לוּ׃
va + yo + khe + lu
vayokhelu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-khe-LU

  2. clause

    va-ya-AS la-HEM mish-TE u-ma-TSOT a-FA va-yo-khe-LU

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.