Genesis 23:7:3Gen.23.7.W3PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ
vayishtakhu
“he bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yish-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ta.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he bowed down
- French
- se prosterna
- Spanish
- se postró
- Portuguese
- prostrou-se
- German
- verneigte sich
- Russian
- он поклонился
- Arabic-Simplified
- سجدَ
- Hindi
- वह झुका
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他下拜
- Korean
- 그가 절하였다
- Indonesian
- ia sujud
- Bengali
- তিনি নত হলেন
- Tagalog
- yumukod
- Swahili
- alisujudu
- Amharic
- ሰገደ
- Yoruba
- ó foríbalẹ̀
- Igbo
- o kpọrọ isi ala
- Twi
- ɔkotowee
- Ewe
- e de ta
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + תַּ֥ + חוּ
↓
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-ta-KHU le-am-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ya-KAM av-ra-HAM va-yish-ta-KHU le-am-ha-A-rets liv-nei-KHET
In context — Genesis 23:7
Abraham arose he bowed down to the people of the land to the sons of Heth
About this coordinate
Genesis 23:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 23:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (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.23.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.7.W3.S1) and character.