Genesis 26:11:1Gen.26.11.W1PAT
וַיְצַ֣ו
vayetsav
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-TSAV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-TSAHV
- IPA
- /va.jə.ˈtsaw/
Meaning by language
- English
- commanded
- French
- ordonna
- Spanish
- ordenó
- Portuguese
- ordenou
- German
- befahl
- Russian
- приказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأمرَ
- Hindi
- आज्ञा दी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 吩咐
- Korean
- 명령하였다
- Indonesian
- memerintahkan
- Bengali
- আদেশ দিল
- Tagalog
- nag-utos
- Swahili
- akaamuru
- Amharic
- አዘዘ
- Yoruba
- paṣẹ
- Igbo
- nyere iwu
- Twi
- hyɛɛ
- Ewe
- ɖo se
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSAV a-vi-ME-lekh
- clause
va-ye-TSAV a-vi-ME-lekh et-kol-ha-AM le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV a-vi-ME-lekh et-kol-ha-AM le-MOR ha-no-GE-a ba-ISH ha-ZEH u-ve-ish-TO MOT yu-MAT
In context — Genesis 26:11
Abimelech commanded all the people saying who touches man this and his wife surely will be put to death
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:11, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַ֣ו (vayetsav) 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.26.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.11.W1.S1) and character.