Genesis 20:8:10Gen.20.8.W10PAT
וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ
vayiru
“were afraid”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-U
- Extended
- vah-yeer-UU
- IPA
- /vaj.jiːr.ˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were afraid
- French
- eurent peur
- Spanish
- temieron
- Portuguese
- temeram
- German
- fürchteten sich
- Russian
- испугались
- Arabic-Simplified
- خافوا
- Hindi
- डर गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 害怕了
- Korean
- 두려워하였다
- Indonesian
- takut
- Bengali
- ভয় পেল
- Tagalog
- natakot
- Swahili
- wakaogopa
- Amharic
- ፈሩ
- Yoruba
- bẹ̀rù
- Igbo
- tụrụ egwu
- Twi
- suroe
- Ewe
- vɔ̃
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-U ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
va-yir-U ha-a-na-SHIM me-OD
- 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 20:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 20:8, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ (vayiru) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.8.W10.S1) and character.