Genesis 27:1:4Gen.27.1.W4PAT

וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ

vatikhhena

grew dim

Transliteration
va-tikh-HE-na
Extended
vah-tihkh-HEH-nah
IPA
/vat.tix.ˈheː.naː/

Meaning by language

English
grew dim
French
s'obscurcirent
Spanish
se oscurecieron
Portuguese
se escureceram
German
wurden trüb
Russian
померкли
Arabic-Simplified
وخفت
Hindi
धुंधली हो गईं
Chinese-Simplified
昏花了
Korean
희미해졌다
Indonesian
menjadi kabur
Bengali
ধূসর হয়ে গেল
Tagalog
at lumabo
Swahili
yakafifia
Amharic
ደበዘዙ
Yoruba
di òkùnkùn
Igbo
furu ìhè
Twi
yɛɛ kusuu
Ewe
trɔ̃ blibo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תִּכְ + הֶ֥י + ןָ
va + tikh + he + na
vatikhhena

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-tikh-HE-na

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-tikh-HE-na ei-NAV

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ki-za-KEN yits-KHAK va-tikh-HE-na ei-NAV me-re-OT

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ki-za-KEN yits-KHAK va-tikh-HE-na ei-NAV me-re-OT va-yik-RA et-e-SAV be-NO ha-ga-DOL va-yo-MER e-LAV be-NI va-yo-MER e-LAV hin-NE-ni

In contextGenesis 27:1

Isaac and it happened when he was old his eyes grew dim from seeing called Esau his son the elder said to him my son he said to him here I am

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 27:1, so the Hebrew word וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ (vatikhhena) 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.27.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.1.W4.S1) and character.