Genesis 28:11:12Gen.28.11.W12PAT

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב

vayishkav

he lay down

Transliteration
va-yish-KAV
Extended
vah-yish-KAHV
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.ˈkav/

Meaning by language

English
he lay down
French
il se coucha
Spanish
se acostó
Portuguese
deitou-se
German
er legte sich hin
Russian
он лёг
Arabic-Simplified
واضطجع
Hindi
लेट गया
Chinese-Simplified
躺下了
Korean
누웠다
Indonesian
ia berbaring
Bengali
সে শুয়ে পড়ল
Tagalog
at nahiga
Swahili
akalala
Amharic
ተኛ
Yoruba
ó dubulẹ̀
Igbo
ọ dinara
Twi
ɔdaa
Ewe
edze anyi

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Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + כַּ֖ב
va + yish + kav
vayishkav

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-KAV

  2. clause

    va-yish-KAV ba-ma-KOM ha-HU

  3. sentence

    va-yif-GA ba-ma-KOM va-ya-LEN SHAM ki-VA ha-SHE-mesh va-yik-KAKH me-av-NEI ha-ma-KOM va-ya-SEM me-ra-a-sho-TAV va-yish-KAV ba-ma-KOM ha-HU

In contextGenesis 28:11

he arrived at the place he spent the night there because had set the sun he took from stones of the place he put at his head he lay down in the place that

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 28:11, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב (vayishkav) 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.28.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.11.W12.S1) and character.