Genesis 23:3:6Gen.23.3.W6PAT
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vayedaber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /vajə.dab.ˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- spoke
- French
- parla
- Spanish
- habló
- Portuguese
- falou
- German
- sprach
- Russian
- обратился
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَتَكَلَّمَ
- Hindi
- बोला
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berbicara
- Bengali
- কথা বললেন
- Tagalog
- nagsalita
- Swahili
- alinena
- Amharic
- ተናገረ
- Yoruba
- sọ̀rọ̀
- Igbo
- kwuru
- Twi
- kasae
- Ewe
- ƒo nu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + דַ + בֵּ֥ר
↓
va + ye + da + ber
↓
vayedaber
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER el-be-nei-KHET
- clause
va-ye-da-BER el-be-nei-KHET le-a-MOR
- sentence
va-ya-KAM av-ra-HAM me-AL pe-NEI me-TO va-ye-da-BER el-be-nei-KHET le-a-MOR
In context — Genesis 23:3
Abraham rose from before his dead spoke to the sons of Heth saying
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 23:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedaber) 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.23.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.3.W6.S1) and character.