Genesis 25:28:1Gen.25.28.W1PAT
וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב
vayeehav
“loved”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-HAV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-HAHV
- IPA
- /waj.jɛ.ʔɛ̆.ˈhav/
Meaning by language
- English
- loved
- French
- aimait
- Spanish
- amaba
- Portuguese
- amava
- German
- liebte
- Russian
- любил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَحَبَّ
- Hindi
- प्रेम करता था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 爱
- Korean
- 사랑했다
- Indonesian
- mengasihi
- Bengali
- ভালবাসতেন
- Tagalog
- at minahal
- Swahili
- alimpenda
- Amharic
- ወደደ
- Yoruba
- fẹ́ràn
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- dɔ
- Ewe
- lɔ̃
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-HAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-e-HAV yits-KHAK
- clause
va-ye-e-HAV yits-KHAK et-e-SAV ki-TSA-yid be-FIV
- sentence
va-ye-e-HAV yits-KHAK et-e-SAV ki-TSA-yid be-FIV ve-riv-KA o-HE-vet et-ya-a-KOV
In context — Genesis 25:28
Isaac loved Esau because game was in his mouth and Rebekah loved Jacob
About this coordinate
Genesis 25:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 25:28, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב (vayeehav) 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.25.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.28.W1.S1) and character.