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
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
- clause
va-yakh-pe-RU be-ER a-KHE-ret va-ya-RI-vu gam-a-LE-ha
- 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 context — Genesis 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.