Genesis 26:12:1Gen.26.12.W1PAT

וַיִּזְרַ֤ע

vayizra

sowed

Transliteration
va-yiz-RA
Extended
vah-yiz-RAH
IPA
/vaj.jiz.ˈraʕ/

Meaning by language

English
sowed
French
sema
Spanish
sembró
Portuguese
semeou
German
säte
Russian
посеял
Arabic-Simplified
وَزَرَعَ
Hindi
बोया
Chinese-Simplified
撒种
Korean
씨를 뿌렸다
Indonesian
menabur
Bengali
বপন করল
Tagalog
at naghasik
Swahili
akapanda
Amharic
ዘራ
Yoruba
gbìn
Igbo
kụrụ
Twi
duae
Ewe
ƒɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּזְ + רַ֤ע
va + yiz + ra
vayizra

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Zayinz as in zero
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yiz-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yiz-RA yits-KHAK

  3. clause

    va-yiz-RA yits-KHAK ba-A-rets ha-HI va-yim-TSA ba-sha-NA ha-HI me-A she-a-RIM

  4. sentence

    va-yiz-RA yits-KHAK ba-A-rets ha-HI va-yim-TSA ba-sha-NA ha-HI me-A she-a-RIM va-ye-va-ra-KHE-hu Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 26:12

Isaac sowed in the land that he found in the year that a hundred measures LORD blessed him

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּזְרַ֤ע (vayizra) 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.26.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.12.W1.S1) and character.