Genesis 20:1:6Gen.20.1.W6PAT

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב

vayeshev

lived

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

Meaning by language

English
lived
French
demeura
Spanish
habitó
Portuguese
habitou
German
wohnte
Russian
жил
Arabic-Simplified
أقام
Hindi
बसा
Chinese-Simplified
居住
Korean
살았다
Indonesian
tinggal
Bengali
বাস করল
Tagalog
nanirahan
Swahili
aliishi
Amharic
ኖረ
Yoruba
gbé
Igbo
biri
Twi
tenaa
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֥ + 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 bein-ka-DESH

  3. clause

    va-yis-SA mi-SHAM av-ra-HAM ar-TSA ha-NE-gev va-YE-shev bein-ka-DESH u-VEIN SHUR

  4. sentence

    va-yis-SA mi-SHAM av-ra-HAM ar-TSA ha-NE-gev va-YE-shev bein-ka-DESH u-VEIN SHUR va-ya-GAR bi-ge-RAR

In contextGenesis 20:1

Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev lived between Kadesh and between Shur sojourned in Gerar

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 20:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (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.20.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.1.W6.S1) and character.