Genesis 24:26:3Gen.24.26.W3PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
vayishtakhu
“prostrated himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ta.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- prostrated himself
- French
- se prosterna
- Spanish
- se postró
- Portuguese
- prostrou-se
- German
- warf sich nieder
- Russian
- простёрся ниц
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسجد
- Hindi
- दण्डवत किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 下拜
- Korean
- 경배하였다
- Indonesian
- bersujud
- Bengali
- প্রণাম করল
- Tagalog
- at nagpatirapa
- Swahili
- akasujudu
- Amharic
- ሰገደ
- Yoruba
- foríbalẹ̀
- Igbo
- kpọrọ isi n'ala
- Twi
- butuw fam
- Ewe
- subɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + תַּ֖ + 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
- sentence
va-yi-KOD ha-ISH va-yish-ta-KHU la-ye-ho-VAH
In context — Genesis 24:26
the man bowed prostrated himself to the LORD
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 24:26, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (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.24.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.26.W3.S1) and character.