Genesis 28:5:1Gen.28.5.W1PAT

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח

vayishlakh

sent

Transliteration
va-yish-LAKH
Extended
vah-yish-LAHKH
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.ˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
sent
French
envoya
Spanish
envió
Portuguese
enviou
German
sandte
Russian
послал
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَرْسَلَ
Hindi
भेजा
Chinese-Simplified
打发了
Korean
보냈다
Indonesian
mengutus
Bengali
পাঠাল
Tagalog
ipinadala
Swahili
alituma
Amharic
ላከ
Yoruba
rán
Igbo
zipụrụ
Twi
somaa
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + לַ֤ח
va + yish + lakh
vayishlakh

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
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-LAKH yits-KHAK

  3. clause

    va-yish-LAKH yits-KHAK et-ya-a-KOV va-YE-lekh pad-DE-na a-RAM

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH yits-KHAK et-ya-a-KOV va-YE-lekh pad-DE-na a-RAM el-la-VAN ben-be-too-EL ha-a-ram-MI a-KHI riv-KA EM ya-a-KOV ve-eh-SAV

In contextGenesis 28:5

sent Isaac Jacob he went to Paddan Aram to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean brother of Rebekah mother of Jacob and Esau

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 28:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (vayishlakh) 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.28.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.5.W1.S1) and character.