Genesis 25:18:1Gen.25.18.W1PAT

וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּ

vayishkenu

they settled

Transliteration
va-yish-ke-NU
Extended
vah-yihsh-keh-NOO
IPA
/waj.jiʃ.kəˈnuː/

Meaning by language

English
they settled
French
ils s'établirent
Spanish
se asentaron
Portuguese
se estabeleceram
German
sie siedelten
Russian
они поселились
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَكَنُوا
Hindi
वे बस गए
Chinese-Simplified
他们定居了
Korean
그들이 정착하였다
Indonesian
mereka menetap
Bengali
তারা বসতি স্থাপন করল
Tagalog
at nanirahan sila
Swahili
walikaa
Amharic
እነርሱ ተቀመጡ
Yoruba
wọn gbé
Igbo
ha biri
Twi
wɔtenaa
Ewe
wo nɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + כְּ + נ֨וּ
va + yish + ke + nu
vayishkenu

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-ke-NU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-ke-NU me-kha-vi-LA

  3. clause

    va-yish-ke-NU me-kha-vi-LA ad-SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA ash-shu-RA

  4. sentence

    va-yish-ke-NU me-kha-vi-LA ad-SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA ash-shu-RA al-pe-NEI khol-e-KHAV na-FAL

In contextGenesis 25:18

they settled from Havilah as far as Shur which opposite Egypt toward Assyria before all his brothers he settled

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 25:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּ (vayishkenu) 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.25.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.18.W1.S1) and character.