Genesis 21:19:1Gen.21.19.W1PAT

וַיִּפְקַ֤ח

vayifkakh

opened

Transliteration
va-yif-KAKH
Extended
vah-yif-KAHKH
IPA
/vaj.jif.ˈqaħ/

Meaning by language

English
opened
French
ouvrit
Spanish
abrió
Portuguese
abriu
German
öffnete
Russian
открыл
Arabic-Simplified
وَفَتَحَ
Hindi
खोलीं
Chinese-Simplified
打开了
Korean
열었다
Indonesian
membuka
Bengali
খুললেন
Tagalog
binuksan
Swahili
alifungua
Amharic
ከፈተ
Yoruba
ṣí
Igbo
meghe
Twi
buee
Ewe
ʋu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּפְ + קַ֤ח
va + yif + kakh
vayifkakh

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
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yif-KAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yif-KAKH e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-yif-KAKH e-lo-HIM ET-ei-NE-ha va-TE-re be-ER MA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-yif-KAKH e-lo-HIM ET-ei-NE-ha va-TE-re be-ER MA-yim va-TE-lekh va-te-mal-LE ET-ha-KHE-met MA-yim va-TASHK ET-ha-na-AR

In contextGenesis 21:19

God opened her eyes a well of water she saw she went she filled the skin-bottle of water she gave drink to the boy

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:19, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְקַ֤ח (vayifkakh) 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.21.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.19.W1.S1) and character.