Genesis 28:16:1Gen.28.16.W1PAT

וַיִּיקַ֣ץ

vayikats

awoke

Transliteration
va-yi-KATS
Extended
vah-yee-KAHTS
IPA
/waj.ji.ˈqats/

Meaning by language

English
awoke
French
se réveilla
Spanish
despertó
Portuguese
despertou
German
erwachte
Russian
проснулся
Arabic-Simplified
وَاسْتَيْقَظَ
Hindi
जाग उठा
Chinese-Simplified
醒来了
Korean
깨어났다
Indonesian
terbangun
Bengali
জেগে উঠল
Tagalog
at nagising
Swahili
akaamka
Amharic
ነቃ
Yoruba
Igbo
tetara
Twi
nyanee
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּי + קַ֣ץ
va + yi + kats
vayikats

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
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-KATS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-KATS ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-yi-KATS ya-a-KOV mi-she-na-TO va-YO-mer a-KHEN YESH Ye-ho-VAH ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH

  4. sentence

    va-yi-KATS ya-a-KOV mi-she-na-TO va-YO-mer a-KHEN YESH Ye-ho-VAH ba-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ve-a-no-KHI LO ya-da-TI

In contextGenesis 28:16

awoke Jacob from his sleep he said surely is LORD in the place this and I not knew

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 28:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּיקַ֣ץ (vayikats) 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.28.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.16.W1.S1) and character.