Genesis 24:47:1Gen.24.47.W1PAT
וָאֶשְׁאַ֣ל
vaesheal
“and I asked”
- Transliteration
- va-e-she-AL
- Extended
- vaa-eh-she-AHL
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛ.ʃɛˈʔal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I asked
- French
- et je demandai
- Spanish
- y pregunté
- Russian
- и я спросил
- Arabic-Simplified
- فَسَأَلْتُ
- Hindi
- और मैंने पूछा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我就问
- Swahili
- nikauliza
- Twi
- na mibisaa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-e-she-AL
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-she-AL o-TAH
- clause
va-e-she-AL o-TAH va-o-MAR bat-MI a-TE va-TO-mer bat-be-tu-EL ben-na-KHOR a-SHER ya-le-DA-LO mi-le-KA
- sentence
va-e-she-AL o-TAH va-o-MAR bat-MI a-TE va-TO-mer bat-be-tu-EL ben-na-KHOR a-SHER ya-le-DA-LO mi-le-KA va-a-SIM ha-NE-zem al-a-PAH ve-ha-tse-mi-DIM al-ya-DE-ha
In context — Genesis 24:47
and I asked her and I said daughter of whom you and she said daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor whom Milcah she bore to him and I placed the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her hands
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:47:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:47, so the Hebrew word וָאֶשְׁאַ֣ל (vaesheal) 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.24.47.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.47.W1.S1) and character.