Genesis 26:21:1Gen.26.21.W1PAT

וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙

vayakhperu

they dug

Transliteration
va-yakh-pe-RU
Extended
vah-yakh-peh-ROO
IPA
/vaj.jaħ.pə.ˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
they dug
French
ils creusèrent
Spanish
cavaron
Portuguese
cavaram
German
sie gruben
Russian
они выкопали
Arabic-Simplified
وَحَفَرُوا
Hindi
उन्होंने खोदा
Chinese-Simplified
他们挖了
Korean
그들이 팠다
Indonesian
mereka menggali
Bengali
তারা খুঁড়ল
Tagalog
naghukay sila
Swahili
walichimba
Amharic
ቆፈሩ
Yoruba
wọn walẹ̀
Igbo
ha gwuru
Twi
wɔtutuu
Ewe
woɖi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַֽ + יַּחְ + פְּ + רוּ֙
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. clause

    va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha

  3. sentence

    va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha va-yik-RA she-MAH sit-NA

In contextGenesis 26:21

they dug well another they quarreled also over it he called its name Sitnah

About this coordinate

Genesis 26:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:21, so the Hebrew word וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ (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.26.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.21.W1.S1) and character.