Genesis 21:27:7Gen.21.27.W7PAT

וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ

vayikhretu

made

Transliteration
va-yikh-re-TU
Extended
vah-yikh-reh-TOO
IPA
/waj.jix.rə.ˈθuː/

Meaning by language

English
made
French
conclurent
Spanish
hicieron
Portuguese
fizeram
German
schlossen
Russian
заключили
Arabic-Simplified
وَعَقَدَا
Hindi
की
Chinese-Simplified
立了
Korean
맺었다
Indonesian
membuat
Bengali
করল
Tagalog
at gumawa
Swahili
wakafanya
Amharic
አደረጉ
Yoruba
ṣe
Igbo
mere
Twi
yɛe
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּכְ + רְ + ת֥וּ
va + yikh + re + tu
vayikhretu

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
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yikh-re-TU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yikh-re-TU she-NEI-hem

  3. clause

    va-yikh-re-TU she-NEI-hem be-RIT

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH av-ra-HAM TSON u-va-KAR va-yit-TEN la-a-vi-ME-lekh va-yikh-re-TU she-NEI-hem be-RIT

In contextGenesis 21:27

Abraham took sheep and cattle gave to Abimelech the two of them made a covenant

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ (vayikhretu) 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.21.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.27.W7.S1) and character.