Genesis 19:9:16Gen.19.9.W16PAT
וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֖וּ
vayigeshu
“drew near”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-ge-SHU
- Extended
- vah-yih-geh-SHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.ɡə.ˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- drew near
- French
- s'approchèrent
- Spanish
- se acercaron
- Portuguese
- aproximaram-se
- German
- näherten sich
- Russian
- подошли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَاقْتَرَبُوا
- Hindi
- निकट आए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 走近
- Korean
- 가까이 다가갔다
- Indonesian
- mendekat
- Bengali
- এগিয়ে এল
- Tagalog
- at lumapit sila
- Swahili
- wakakaribia
- Amharic
- ቀረቡ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sún mọ́
- Igbo
- ha bịakwutere
- Twi
- wɔbɛn
- Ewe
- woɖo te
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-ge-SHU
- 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 19:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 19:9, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֖וּ (vayigeshu) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.9.W16.S1) and character.