Genesis 26:14:7Gen.26.14.W7PAT

וַיְקַנְא֥וּ

vayekanu

envied

Transliteration
va-ye-kan-U
Extended
vah-yeh-kahn-OO
IPA
/wa.jə.qan.ˈuː/

Meaning by language

English
envied
French
jalousèrent
Spanish
envidiaron
Portuguese
invejaram
German
beneideten
Russian
позавидовали
Arabic-Simplified
وَحَسَدُوا
Hindi
ईर्ष्या की
Chinese-Simplified
嫉妒
Korean
시기했다
Indonesian
iri kepada
Bengali
ঈর্ষা করল
Tagalog
at kinainggitan
Swahili
walihusudu
Amharic
ቀኑ
Yoruba
jowú sí
Igbo
nwere anyaụfụ n'ebe
Twi
ani beree
Ewe
de abufɔ ɖe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + קַנְ + א֥וּ
va + ye + kan + u
vayekanu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-kan-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-kan-U o-TO

  3. clause

    va-ye-kan-U o-TO pe-lish-TIM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-hi-LO mik-neh-TSON u-mik-NEH va-KAR va-a-bu-DA ra-BA va-ye-kan-U o-TO pe-lish-TIM

In contextGenesis 26:14

flocks and herds of cattle and servants many he had Philistines envied him

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 26:14, so the Hebrew word וַיְקַנְא֥וּ (vayekanu) 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.26.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.14.W7.S1) and character.