Genesis 27:22:1Gen.27.22.W1PAT

וַיִּגַּ֧שׁ

vayiggash

approached

Transliteration
va-yig-GASH
Extended
vah-yig-GAHSH
IPA
/vaj.jig.ˈgaʃ/

Meaning by language

English
approached
French
s'approcha
Spanish
se acercó
Portuguese
se aproximou
German
näherte sich
Russian
подошёл
Arabic-Simplified
وَاقْتَرَبَ
Hindi
पास गया
Chinese-Simplified
走近了
Korean
가까이 갔다
Indonesian
mendekat
Bengali
কাছে গেল
Tagalog
at lumapit
Swahili
alikaribia
Amharic
ቀረበ
Yoruba
sunmọ
Igbo
bịarutere nso
Twi
bɛn
Ewe
te ɖe

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Result
וַ + יִּג + גַּ֧שׁ
va + yig + gash
vayiggash

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yig-GASH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yig-GASH ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-yig-GASH ya-a-KOV el-yits-KHAK a-VIV va-ye-mu-SHE-hu

  4. sentence

    va-yig-GASH ya-a-KOV el-yits-KHAK a-VIV va-ye-mu-SHE-hu va-YO-mer ha-KOL KOL ya-a-KOV ve-ha-ya-DA-yim ye-DE e-SAV

In contextGenesis 27:22

Jacob approached to Isaac his father he felt him he said the voice voice of Jacob and the hands hands of Esau

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 27:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגַּ֧שׁ (vayiggash) 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.27.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.22.W1.S1) and character.