Genesis 24:9:8Gen.24.9.W8PAT
וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע
vayishshava
“swore”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-SHA-va
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-SHAA-vah
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ˈʃaː.vaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- swore
- French
- jura
- Spanish
- juró
- Portuguese
- jurou
- German
- schwor
- Russian
- поклялся
- Arabic-Simplified
- وحلف
- Hindi
- शपथ खाई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 起誓
- Korean
- 맹세하였다
- Indonesian
- bersumpah
- Bengali
- শপথ করল
- Tagalog
- sumumpa
- Swahili
- akaapa
- Amharic
- ተማለ
- Yoruba
- búra
- Igbo
- ṅụrụ iyi
- Twi
- kaa ntam
- Ewe
- do atam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-SHA-va
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-SHA-va LO
- clause
va-yish-SHA-va LO al-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YA-sem ha-E-ved et-ya-DO TA-khat YE-rekh av-ra-HAM a-do-NAV va-yish-SHA-va LO al-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
In context — Genesis 24:9
the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master swore to him concerning the matter this
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 24:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע (vayishshava) 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.24.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.9.W8.S1) and character.