Genesis 19:9:12Gen.19.9.W12PAT
וַיִּפְצְר֨וּ
vayifetseru
“pressed”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-fe-tse-RU
- Extended
- vah-yih-feh-tseh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.fə.tsə.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- pressed
- French
- se pressèrent
- Spanish
- apremiaron
- Portuguese
- apertaram
- German
- drängten
- Russian
- насели
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَلَحُّوا
- Hindi
- दबाव डाला
- Chinese-Simplified
- 强逼
- Korean
- 밀어붙였다
- Indonesian
- mendesak
- Bengali
- চাপ দিল
- Tagalog
- at naniksik sila
- Swahili
- walisonga
- Amharic
- ገፉ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n tì
- Igbo
- ha kpagidere
- Twi
- wɔpiaa
- Ewe
- wowɔ kpɔɖeŋu
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 | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-fe-tse-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-fe-tse-RU va-ISH be-LOT
- clause
va-yi-fe-tse-RU va-ISH be-LOT me-OD va-yi-ge-SHU li-she-BOR ha-DA-let
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ges-ha-le-A va-yo-me-RU ha-e-KHAD ba-la-GUR va-yi-she-POT sha-FOT a-TA na-RA le-KHA me-HEM va-yi-fe-tse-RU va-ISH be-LOT me-OD va-yi-ge-SHU li-she-BOR ha-DA-let
In context — Genesis 19:9
they said step back they said this one came to sojourn has become judge now will do harm to you more than to them pressed against the man against Lot greatly drew near to break the door
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 19:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְצְר֨וּ (vayifetseru) 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.19.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.9.W12.S1) and character.