Genesis 26:19:1Gen.26.19.W1PAT
וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ
vayakhperu
“dug”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-pe-RU
- Extended
- vah-yakh-peh-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħ.pəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- dug
- French
- creusèrent
- Spanish
- cavaron
- Portuguese
- cavaram
- German
- gruben
- Russian
- выкопали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَفَرُوا
- Hindi
- खोदा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 挖了
- Korean
- 팠다
- Indonesian
- menggali
- Bengali
- খুঁড়ল
- Tagalog
- at naghukay
- Swahili
- walichimba
- Amharic
- ቆፈሩ
- Yoruba
- walẹ̀
- Igbo
- gwuru
- Twi
- towee
- Ewe
- ɖo
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yakh-pe-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-pe-RU av-dei-yits-KHAK
- clause
va-yakh-pe-RU av-dei-yits-KHAK ba-NA-khal
- sentence
va-yakh-pe-RU av-dei-yits-KHAK ba-NA-khal va-yim-tse-u-SHAM be-ER MA-yim kha-YIM
In context — Genesis 26:19
the servants of Isaac dug in the valley they found there a well of waters living
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:19, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחְפְּר֥וּ (vayakhperu) 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.26.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.19.W1.S1) and character.