Genesis 28:18:1Gen.28.18.W1PAT
וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם
vayashkem
“rose early”
- Transliteration
- va-yash-KEM
- Extended
- vah-yahsh-KEHM
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʃˈkeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- rose early
- French
- se leva tôt
- Spanish
- madrugó
- Portuguese
- levantou-se cedo
- German
- stand früh auf
- Russian
- встал рано
- Arabic-Simplified
- استيقظ مبكرًا
- Hindi
- जल्दी उठा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 早早起来
- Korean
- 일어났다
- Indonesian
- bangun pagi-pagi
- Bengali
- উঠল
- Tagalog
- bumangon nang maaga
- Swahili
- aliamka mapema
- Amharic
- ማልዶ ተነሣ
- Yoruba
- jí ní kùtùkùtù
- Igbo
- tetara
- Twi
- sɔree ntɛm
- Ewe
- fɔ tsi
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yash-KEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yash-KEM ya-a-KOV
- clause
va-yash-KEM ya-a-KOV ba-BO-ker va-yik-KAKH et-ha-E-ven a-sher-SAM me-ra-a-sho-TAV va-ya-SEM o-TAH mat-tse-VA
- sentence
va-yash-KEM ya-a-KOV ba-BO-ker va-yik-KAKH et-ha-E-ven a-sher-SAM me-ra-a-sho-TAV va-ya-SEM o-TAH mat-tse-VA va-yi-TSOK SHE-men al-ro-SHAH
In context — Genesis 28:18
rose early Jacob in the morning took the stone that he had placed at his head set it as a pillar poured oil on its top
About this coordinate
Genesis 28:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 28:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (vayashkem) 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.28.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.18.W1.S1) and character.