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
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
berbicara
Bengali
কথা বললেন
Tagalog
nagsalita
Swahili
alinena
Amharic
ተናገረ
Yoruba
sọ̀rọ̀
Igbo
kwuru
Twi
kasae
Ewe
ƒo nu

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Result
וַ + יְ + דַ + בֵּ֥ר
va + ye + da + ber
vayedaber

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-da-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-da-BER el-be-nei-KHET

  3. clause

    va-ye-da-BER el-be-nei-KHET le-a-MOR

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.