Genesis 26:31:3Gen.26.31.W3PAT
וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ
vayishshaveu
“they swore”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-sha-ve-U
- Extended
- vah-yish-shah-veh-OO
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ʃaː.vəˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they swore
- French
- ils jurèrent
- Spanish
- juraron
- Portuguese
- juraram
- German
- schworen
- Russian
- они поклялись
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَلَفُوا
- Hindi
- उन्होंने शपथ खाई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们起誓
- Korean
- 그들은 맹세하였다
- Indonesian
- mereka bersumpah
- Bengali
- তারা শপথ করল
- Tagalog
- at sumumpa sila
- Swahili
- waliapa
- Amharic
- ተማሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn búra
- Igbo
- ha ṅụrụ iyi
- Twi
- wɔkaa ntam
- Ewe
- wo do go
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-sha-ve-U
- clause
va-yash-KI-mu ba-BO-ker va-yish-sha-ve-U ISH le-a-KHIV
- sentence
va-yash-KI-mu ba-BO-ker va-yish-sha-ve-U ISH le-a-KHIV va-ye-shal-le-KHEM yits-KHAK va-yel-KHU me-it-TO be-sha-LOM
In context — Genesis 26:31
they rose early in the morning each they swore to his brother Isaac sent them away they went from him in peace
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:31:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 26:31, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ (vayishshaveu) 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.26.31.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.31.W3.S1) and character.