Genesis 20:17:1Gen.20.17.W1PAT
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל
vayitpalel
“prayed”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-pa-LEL
- Extended
- vah-yit-pah-LEHL
- IPA
- /waj.jit.pa.ˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- prayed
- French
- pria
- Spanish
- oró
- Portuguese
- orou
- German
- betete
- Russian
- помолился
- Arabic-Simplified
- صَلَّى
- Hindi
- प्रार्थना की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 祷告了
- Korean
- 기도하였다
- Indonesian
- berdoa
- Bengali
- প্রার্থনা করল
- Tagalog
- nanalangin
- Swahili
- aliomba
- Amharic
- ጸለየ
- Yoruba
- gbadura
- Igbo
- kpere ekpere
- Twi
- bɔɔ mpaeɛ
- Ewe
- do gbe
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-pa-LEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-pa-LEL a-vra-HAM
- clause
va-yit-pa-LEL a-vra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yit-pa-LEL a-vra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vee-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU
In context — Genesis 20:17
Abraham prayed to God God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants gave birth
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 20:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל (vayitpalel) 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.20.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.17.W1.S1) and character.