Genesis 2:16:1Gen.2.16.W1PAT

וַיְצַו֙

vayetsav

“{And He} commanded”

Transliteration: va-ye-TSAV
Extended: vah-yeh-TSAHV
IPA: /vaj.əˈtsaw/

Meaning by language

English: {And He} commanded
French: {Et Il} ordonna
Spanish: {Y Él} ordenó
Portuguese: {E Ele} ordenou
German: {Und Er} befahl
Russian: {И Он} повелел
Arabic-Simplified: {وَ هُوَ} أَمَرَ
Hindi: {और उसने} आदेश दिया
Chinese-Simplified: {并且他}命令
Korean: {그리고 그가} 명령하셨다
Indonesian: {Dan Dia} memerintahkan
Bengali: {এবং তিনি} আদেশ দিলেন
Tagalog: {At Siya} nag-utos
Swahili: {Na Yeye} akaagiza
Amharic: {እና እርሱ} አዘዘ
Yoruba: {Sì Ó} paṣẹ
Igbo: {Na Ọ} nyere iwu
Twi: {Na Ɔno} hyɛɛ
Ewe: {Eye e} ɖo se

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Result

וַ + יְ + צַו֙

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va + ye + tsav

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vayetsav

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
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Tsade	ts as in cats
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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The word

Word in context

word
va-ye-TSAV
clause
va-ye-TSAV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM al-ha-a-DAM le-a-MOR
sentence
va-ye-TSAV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM al-ha-a-DAM le-a-MOR mi-KOL ets-ha-GAN a-KHOL to-KHEL

In context — Genesis 2:16

LORD God {And He} commanded the man saying freely you may eat from every tree of the garden

About this coordinate

Genesis 2:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 2:16, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַו֙ (vayetsav) 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.2.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.16.W1.S1) and character.

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