Genesis 25:34:7Gen.25.34.W7PAT

וַיֹּ֣אכַל

vayokhal

and he ate

Transliteration
va-yo-KHAL
Extended
vah-yoh-KHAHL
IPA
/vaj.jo.ˈxal/

Meaning by language

English
and he ate
French
et il mangea
Spanish
y comió
Portuguese
e ele comeu
German
und er aß
Russian
и он ел
Arabic-Simplified
وأكل
Hindi
और उसने खाया
Chinese-Simplified
他吃了
Korean
그리고 그는 먹었다
Indonesian
dan ia makan
Bengali
আর সে খেল
Tagalog
at kumain siya
Swahili
na akala
Amharic
እርሱም በላ
Yoruba
ó sì jẹ
Igbo
ma ọ riri
Twi
na odidii
Ewe
eye eɖu

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Result
וַ + יֹּ֣א + כַל
va + yo + khal
vayokhal

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-KHAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-KHAL va-YESHT

  3. clause

    ve-ya-a-KOV na-TAN le-e-SAV LE-khem u-ne-ZID a-da-SHIM va-yo-KHAL va-YESHT va-ya-KAM va-ye-LAKH

  4. sentence

    ve-ya-a-KOV na-TAN le-e-SAV LE-khem u-ne-ZID a-da-SHIM va-yo-KHAL va-YESHT va-ya-KAM va-ye-LAKH va-yi-VEZ e-SAV et-ha-be-kho-RA

In contextGenesis 25:34

and Jacob gave to Esau bread and stew of lentils and he ate and he drank and he rose and he went Esau despised the birthright

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 25:34, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אכַל (vayokhal) 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.25.34.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.34.W7.S1) and character.