Genesis 28:1:4Gen.28.1.W4PAT
וַיְבָרֶךְ
vayevarekh
“he blessed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-va-REKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-vah-REHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jə.vaˈrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- he blessed
- French
- il bénit
- Spanish
- bendijo
- Portuguese
- abençoou
- German
- segnete
- Russian
- благословил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَبَارَكَ
- Hindi
- आशीष दी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他赐福
- Korean
- 축복하였다
- Indonesian
- memberkati
- Bengali
- আশীর্বাদ করলেন
- Tagalog
- at pinagpala
- Swahili
- alibariki
- Amharic
- ባረከ
- Yoruba
- ó bù kún
- Igbo
- o gọziri
- Twi
- ɔhyiraa
- Ewe
- e yra
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-va-REKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-va-REKH o-TO
- clause
va-yik-RA yits-KHAK el-ya-a-KOV va-ye-va-REKH o-TO
- sentence
va-yik-RA yits-KHAK el-ya-a-KOV va-ye-va-REKH o-TO va-ye-tsav-VE-hu va-YO-mer LO lo-tik-KAKH ish-SHA mib-be-NOT ke-NA-an
In context — Genesis 28:1
called Isaac to Jacob he blessed him he commanded him he said to him do not take a wife from daughters of Canaan
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 28:1, so the Hebrew word וַיְבָרֶךְ (vayevarekh) 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.28.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.1.W4.S1) and character.