Genesis 21:20:5Gen.21.20.W5PAT
וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙
vayeshev
“dwelt”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːˈʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwelt
- French
- demeura
- Spanish
- habitó
- Portuguese
- habitou
- German
- wohnte
- Russian
- жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَكَنَ
- Hindi
- बसा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 居住
- Korean
- 살았다
- Indonesian
- tinggal
- Bengali
- বাস করল
- Tagalog
- nanirahan
- Swahili
- aliishi
- Amharic
- ኖረ
- Yoruba
- gbé
- Igbo
- biri
- Twi
- tenaa
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ֙ + שֶׁב֙
↓
va + ye + shev
↓
vayeshev
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-SHEV
- clause
va-ye-SHEV ba-mid-BAR va-ye-HI ro-VE ka-SHAT
- sentence
va-ye-HI e-lo-HIM et-ha-NA-ar va-yig-DAL va-ye-SHEV ba-mid-BAR va-ye-HI ro-VE ka-SHAT
In context — Genesis 21:20
God was with the boy grew dwelt in the wilderness became skilled with the bow
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 21:20, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ (vayeshev) 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.21.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.20.W5.S1) and character.