Genesis 20:8:1Gen.20.8.W1PAT
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם
vayashkem
“rose early”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KEM
- Extended
- vah-yash-KEHM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈkeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rose early
- French
- se leva tôt
- Spanish
- se levantó temprano
- Portuguese
- levantou-se cedo
- German
- stand früh auf
- Russian
- встал рано
- Arabic-Simplified
- بَكَّرَ
- Hindi
- जल्दी उठा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 早早起来
- Korean
- 일찍 일어났다
- Indonesian
- bangun pagi-pagi
- Bengali
- তাড়াতাড়ি উঠল
- Tagalog
- bumangon nang maaga
- Swahili
- aliamka mapema
- Amharic
- ቀድሞ ተነሣ
- Yoruba
- jí ní kùtùkùtù
- Igbo
- tetara ngwa ngwa
- Twi
- sɔree ntɛm
- Ewe
- tsi kaba
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yash-KEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh
- clause
va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker va-yik-RA le-KHOL-a-va-DAV va-ye-da-BER et-khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le be-oz-NEI-hem
- sentence
va-yash-KEM a-vi-ME-lekh ba-BO-ker va-yik-RA le-KHOL-a-va-DAV va-ye-da-BER et-khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le be-oz-NEI-hem va-yir-U ha-a-na-SHIM me-OD
In context — Genesis 20:8
rose early in the morning Abimelech called to all his servants spoke all the words these in their ears the men were afraid very
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (vayashkem) 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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.8.W1.S1) and character.