Genesis 27:37:1Gen.27.37.W1PAT

וַיַּ֨עַן

vayaan

answered

Transliteration
va-YA-an
Extended
vah-YAH-ahn
IPA
/waj.ˈja.ʕan/

Meaning by language

English
answered
French
répondit
Spanish
respondió
Portuguese
respondeu
German
antwortete
Russian
ответил
Arabic-Simplified
فَأَجَابَ
Hindi
उत्तर दिया
Chinese-Simplified
回答
Korean
대답하였다
Indonesian
menjawab
Bengali
উত্তর দিল
Tagalog
at sumagot
Swahili
akajibu
Amharic
መለሰ
Yoruba
dahun
Igbo
zara
Twi
buaa
Ewe
ɖo ŋu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ֨ + עַן
va + ya + an
vayaan

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YA-an

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YA-an yi-tse-KHAK

  3. clause

    va-YA-an yi-tse-KHAK va-YO-mer le-e-SAV HEN ge-VIR sa-me-TIV LAKH ve-et-kol-e-KHAV na-TA-ti LO la-a-va-DIM ve-da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH se-ma-khe-TIV

  4. sentence

    va-YA-an yi-tse-KHAK va-YO-mer le-e-SAV HEN ge-VIR sa-me-TIV LAKH ve-et-kol-e-KHAV na-TA-ti LO la-a-va-DIM ve-da-GAN ve-ti-ROSH se-ma-khe-TIV oo-le-KHA e-FO MA e-e-SE be-NI

In contextGenesis 27:37

Isaac answered to Esau said behold lord I have set him over you and all his brothers I have given to him as servants with grain and new wine I have sustained him and for you then what shall I do my son

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 27:37, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֨עַן (vayaan) 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.27.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.37.W1.S1) and character.