Genesis 23:16:4Gen.23.16.W4PAT

וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל

vayishkol

weighed

Transliteration
va-yish-KOL
Extended
vah-yihsh-KOHL
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.ˈqoːl/

Meaning by language

English
weighed
French
pesa
Spanish
pesó
Portuguese
pesou
German
wog
Russian
взвесил
Arabic-Simplified
وَزَنَ
Hindi
तौला
Chinese-Simplified
称了
Korean
달았다
Indonesian
menimbang
Bengali
ওজন করলেন
Tagalog
tinimbang
Swahili
alipima
Amharic
መዘነ
Yoruba
wọ̀
Igbo
tụrụ
Twi
susuwii
Ewe
dzi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + קֹ֤ל
va + yish + kol
vayishkol

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-KOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-KOL av-ra-HAM

  3. clause

    va-yish-MA av-ra-HAM el-ef-RON va-yish-KOL av-ra-HAM le-ef-RON et-ha-KE-sef a-SHER di-BER be-oz-NEI ve-nei-KHET

  4. sentence

    va-yish-MA av-ra-HAM el-ef-RON va-yish-KOL av-ra-HAM le-ef-RON et-ha-KE-sef a-SHER di-BER be-oz-NEI ve-nei-KHET ar-BA me-OT SHE-kel KE-sef o-VER la-so-KHER

In contextGenesis 23:16

Abraham listened to Ephron Abraham weighed for Ephron the silver that he stated in the hearing of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver current with the merchant

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 23:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל (vayishkol) 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.23.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.16.W4.S1) and character.