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

Result
וַ + יַּחְ + פְּ + ר֥וּ
va + yakh + pe + ru
vayakhperu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yakh-pe-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yakh-pe-RU av-dei-yits-KHAK

  3. clause

    va-yakh-pe-RU av-dei-yits-KHAK ba-NA-khal

  4. sentence

    va-yakh-pe-RU av-dei-yits-KHAK ba-NA-khal va-yim-tse-u-SHAM be-ER MA-yim kha-YIM

In contextGenesis 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.