Genesis 23:12:1Gen.23.12.W1PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙
vayishtakhu
“bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yish-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ta.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bowed down
- French
- se prosterna
- Spanish
- se postró
- Portuguese
- prostrou-se
- German
- verneigte sich
- Russian
- поклонился
- Arabic-Simplified
- انحنى
- Hindi
- दण्डवत किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 下拜
- Korean
- 절하였다
- Indonesian
- bersujud
- Bengali
- নত হলেন
- Tagalog
- yumukod
- Swahili
- aliinama
- Amharic
- ሰገደ
- Yoruba
- foribalẹ̀
- Igbo
- kpọrọ isiala
- Twi
- kotoo fam
- Ewe
- de bubu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + תַּ֙ + חוּ֙
↓
va + yish + ta + khu
↓
vayishtakhu
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- sentence
va-yish-ta-KHU av-ra-HAM lif-NEI AM ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 23:12
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 23:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ (vayishtakhu) 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.23.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.12.W1.S1) and character.