Genesis 24:46:9Gen.24.46.W9PAT

וָאֵ֕שְׁתְּ

vaeshte

and I drank

Transliteration
va-ESH-te
Extended
vaa-EESH-teh
IPA
/waː.ˈʔeʃt/

Meaning by language

English
and I drank
French
et je bus
Spanish
y yo bebí
Russian
и я пил
Arabic-Simplified
وَشَرِبْتُ
Hindi
और मैंने पिया
Chinese-Simplified
我就喝了
Swahili
nami nikanywa
Twi
na menom

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Result
וָ + אֵ֕שְׁ + תְּ
va + esh + te
vaeshte

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ESH-te

  2. clause

    va-ESH-te ve-GAM ha-ge-ma-LIM hi-she-ka-TA

  3. sentence

    va-te-ma-HER va-TO-red ka-DAH me-a-LE-ha va-TO-mer she-TE ve-gam-ge-ma-LE-kha a-she-KE va-ESH-te ve-GAM ha-ge-ma-LIM hi-she-ka-TA

In contextGenesis 24:46

and she hurried and she let down her jar from upon her and she said drink I will give drink and also your camels and I drank she gave drink the camels and also

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:46:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 24:46, so the Hebrew word וָאֵ֕שְׁתְּ (vaeshte) 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.24.46.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.46.W9.S1) and character.