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

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Result
וַ + יִּש + שָּׁ֣ + בַֽע
va + yish + sha + va
vayishshava

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-SHA-va

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-SHA-va LO

  3. clause

    va-yish-SHA-va LO al-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.