Genesis 20:2:7Gen.20.2.W7PAT

וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח

vayishlakh

sent

Transliteration
va-yish-LAKH
Extended
vah-yish-LAHKH
IPA
/vaj.jiʃˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
sent
French
envoya
Spanish
envió
Portuguese
enviou
German
sandte
Russian
послал
Arabic-Simplified
وأرسل
Hindi
भेजा
Chinese-Simplified
差遣
Korean
보냈다
Indonesian
mengirim
Bengali
পাঠাল
Tagalog
at nagsugo
Swahili
akatuma
Amharic
ላከ
Yoruba
rán
Igbo
zitere
Twi
somaa
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + לַ֗ח
va + yish + lakh
vayishlakh

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-LAKH

  2. clause

    va-yish-LAKH a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh ge-RAR va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RA

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-sa-RA ish-TO a-KHO-ti HI va-yish-LAKH a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh ge-RAR va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RA

In contextGenesis 20:2

Abraham said about Sarah his wife she my sister Abimelech king of Gerar sent took Sarah

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 20:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (vayishlakh) 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.20.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.2.W7.S1) and character.