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
Korean
사랑했다
Indonesian
mengasihi
Bengali
ভালবাসতেন
Tagalog
at minahal
Swahili
alimpenda
Amharic
ወደደ
Yoruba
fẹ́ràn
Igbo
hụrụ
Twi
Ewe
lɔ̃

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Result
וַ + יֶּ + אֱ + הַ֥ב
va + ye + e + hav
vayeehav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-e-HAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-e-HAV yits-KHAK

  3. clause

    va-ye-e-HAV yits-KHAK et-e-SAV ki-TSA-yid be-FIV

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.