Genesis 23:5:1Gen.23.5.W1PAT
וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ
vayaanu
“answered”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-NU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-NOO
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕă.ˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- answered
- French
- répondirent
- Spanish
- respondieron
- Portuguese
- responderam
- German
- antworteten
- Russian
- ответили
- Arabic-Simplified
- أجابوا
- Hindi
- उत्तर दिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 回答了
- Korean
- 대답하였다
- Indonesian
- menjawab
- Bengali
- উত্তর দিল
- Tagalog
- sumagot
- Swahili
- walijibu
- Amharic
- መለሱ
- Yoruba
- dáhùn
- Igbo
- zara
- Twi
- buaa
- Ewe
- ɖo ŋu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יַּ + עֲ + נ֧וּ
↓
va + ya + a + nu
↓
vayaanu
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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-ya-a-NU
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-NU ve-nei-KHET
- sentence
va-ya-a-NU ve-nei-KHET et-av-ra-HAM le-MOR LO
In context — Genesis 23:5
sons of Heth answered Abraham saying to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 23:5, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ (vayaanu) 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.23.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.5.W1.S1) and character.