Genesis 26:30:4Gen.26.30.W4PAT
וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ
vayokhelu
“they ate”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-khe-LU
- Extended
- vah-yoh-kheh-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.joː.xəˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they ate
- French
- ils mangèrent
- Spanish
- ellos comieron
- Portuguese
- eles comeram
- German
- sie aßen
- Russian
- они ели
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَكَلُوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने खाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们吃了
- Korean
- 그들이 먹었다
- Indonesian
- mereka makan
- Bengali
- তারা ভোজন করল
- Tagalog
- at kumain sila
- Swahili
- wakala
- Amharic
- በሉ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n jẹ
- Igbo
- ha riri
- Twi
- wɔdii
- Ewe
- woɖu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֹּא + כְ + ל֖וּ
↓
va + yo + khe + lu
↓
vayokhelu
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-khe-LU
- sentence
va-YA-as la-HEM mi-she-TE va-yo-khe-LU va-yi-she-TU
In context — Genesis 26:30
he made for them a feast they ate they drank
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 26:30, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ (vayokhelu) 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.26.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.30.W4.S1) and character.