Genesis 25:34:8Gen.25.34.W8PAT

וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ

vayesht

and he drank

Transliteration
va-YESHT
Extended
vah-YEHSHT
IPA
/vaj.ˈjeːʃt/

Meaning by language

English
and he drank
French
et il but
Spanish
y bebió
Portuguese
e ele bebeu
German
und er trank
Russian
и он пил
Arabic-Simplified
وشرب
Hindi
और उसने पिया
Chinese-Simplified
他喝了
Korean
그리고 그는 마셨다
Indonesian
dan ia minum
Bengali
আর সে পান করল
Tagalog
at uminom siya
Swahili
na akanywa
Amharic
እርሱም ጠጣ
Yoruba
ó sì mu
Igbo
ma ọ ṅụrụ
Twi
na ɔnomee
Ewe
eye eno

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֔שְׁתְּ
va + yesht
vayesht

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YESHT

  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 25:34:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 25:34, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ (vayesht) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.34.W8.S1) and character.