Genesis 26:8:6Gen.26.8.W6PAT
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף
vayashkef
“looked out”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KEF
- Extended
- vah-yash-KEHF
- IPA
- /va.jaʃ.ˈqeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- looked out
- French
- regarda dehors
- Spanish
- miró hacia fuera
- Portuguese
- olhou para fora
- German
- schaute hinaus
- Russian
- выглянул
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَشْرَفَ
- Hindi
- बाहर झांका
- Chinese-Simplified
- 向外观看
- Korean
- 내다보았다
- Indonesian
- memandang ke luar
- Bengali
- বাইরে তাকাল
- Tagalog
- at tumanaw sa labas
- Swahili
- alitazama nje
- Amharic
- ወደ ውጭ ተመለከተ
- Yoruba
- wo jáde
- Igbo
- lere anya n'èzí
- Twi
- hwɛɛ fii adi
- Ewe
- kpɔ le 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-KEF
- clause
va-ye-HI KI ar-khu-LO SHAM ha-ya-MIM va-yash-KEF a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh pe-lish-TIM be-AD ha-khal-LON
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI ar-khu-LO SHAM ha-ya-MIM va-yash-KEF a-vi-ME-lekh ME-lekh pe-lish-TIM be-AD ha-khal-LON va-YAR ve-hin-NEH yits-KHAK me-tsa-KHEK ET riv-KA ish-TO
In context — Genesis 26:8
when the days grew long for him there and it happened Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through the window behold he saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 26:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 26:8, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁקֵ֗ף (vayashkef) 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.26.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.26.8.W6.S1) and character.