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

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Result
וַ + יִּתְ + פַּ + לֵּ֥ל
va + yit + pa + lel
vayitpalel

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yit-pa-LEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yit-pa-LEL a-vra-HAM

  3. clause

    va-yit-pa-LEL a-vra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.