Genesis 24:48:2Gen.24.48.W2PAT
וָֽאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה
vaeshtakhave
“and I prostrated myself”
- Transliteration
- va-esh-ta-kha-VE
- Extended
- vaa-esh-tah-khah-VEH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛʃ.ta.ħă.ˈwɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I prostrated myself
- French
- et je me suis prosterné
- Spanish
- y me postré
- Russian
- и простёрся
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَجَدْتُ
- Hindi
- और मैं दण्डवत हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并俯伏
- Swahili
- nikasujudu
- Twi
- na mede me ho butuw fam
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 | 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-esh-ta-kha-VE
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-KOD va-esh-ta-kha-VE
- clause
va-e-KOD va-esh-ta-kha-VE la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-e-KOD va-esh-ta-kha-VE la-ye-ho-VAH va-a-va-REKH ET-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-do-NI a-ve-ra-HAM a-SHER hi-ne-KHA-ni be-DE-rekh e-MET la-KA-khat ET-BAT-a-KHI a-do-NI li-ve-NO
In context — Genesis 24:48
and I bowed and I prostrated myself to the LORD and I blessed LORD God of my master Abraham who led me in a way of truth to take the daughter of the brother of my master for his son
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:48:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 24:48, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה (vaeshtakhave) 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.24.48.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.48.W2.S1) and character.