Genesis 26:7:1Gen.26.7.W1PAT
וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ
vayishalu
“asked”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-a-LU
- Extended
- vah-yish-ah-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ʔă.ˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- asked
- French
- demandèrent
- Spanish
- preguntaron
- Portuguese
- perguntaram
- German
- fragten
- Russian
- спросили
- Arabic-Simplified
- سألوا
- Hindi
- पूछा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 询问
- Korean
- 물었다
- Indonesian
- bertanya
- Bengali
- জিজ্ঞাসা করল
- Tagalog
- nagtanong
- Swahili
- waliuliza
- Amharic
- ጠየቁ
- Yoruba
- beere
- Igbo
- jụrụ
- Twi
- bisaa
- Ewe
- bia
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-a-LU
- clause
va-yish-a-LU an-SHE ham-ma-KOM le-ish-TO va-YO-mer a-KHO-ti HI
- sentence
va-yish-a-LU an-SHE ham-ma-KOM le-ish-TO va-YO-mer a-KHO-ti HI KI ya-RE le-MOR ish-TI pen-ya-har-GU-ni an-SHE ham-ma-KOM al-riv-KA ki-to-VAT mar-EH HI
In context — Genesis 26:7
men of the place asked about his wife my sister he said she is for he feared to say my wife lest they kill me men of the place because of Rebekah for beautiful in appearance she
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 26:7, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּשְׁאֲל֞וּ (vayishalu) 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.26.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.7.W1.S1) and character.