Genesis 19:30:4Gen.19.30.W4PAT

וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב

vayeshev

dwelt

Transliteration
va-YE-shev
Extended
vah-YEH-shehv
IPA
/waj.ˈjeː.ʃɛv/

Meaning by language

English
dwelt
French
habita
Spanish
habitó
Portuguese
morou
German
wohnte
Russian
поселился
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَكَنَ
Hindi
बसा
Chinese-Simplified
居住
Korean
거주했다
Indonesian
tinggal
Bengali
বাস করল
Tagalog
at nanirahan
Swahili
akakaa
Amharic
ተቀመጠ
Yoruba
gbé
Igbo
biri
Twi
tenaa
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֣ + שֶׁב
va + ye + shev
vayeshev

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-shev

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YE-shev ba-HAR

  3. clause

    va-ya-AL LOT mits-TSO-ar va-YE-shev ba-HAR ush-TEI ve-no-TAV im-MO KI ya-RE la-SHE-vet be-TSO-ar

  4. sentence

    va-ya-AL LOT mits-TSO-ar va-YE-shev ba-HAR ush-TEI ve-no-TAV im-MO KI ya-RE la-SHE-vet be-TSO-ar va-YE-shev bam-me-a-RA HU ush-TEI ve-no-TAV

In contextGenesis 19:30

Lot went up from Zoar dwelt in the mountain and two his daughters with him for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar he and two his daughters dwelt in the cave

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:30, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (vayeshev) 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.19.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.30.W4.S1) and character.