Genesis 29:18:1Gen.29.18.W1PAT

וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב

vayeehav

loved

Transliteration
va-ye-e-HAV
Extended
vah-yeh-eh-HAHV
IPA
/waj.jɛ.ʔɛ.ˈhav/

Meaning by language

English
loved
French
aima
Spanish
amó
Portuguese
amou
German
liebte
Russian
полюбил
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَحَبَّ
Hindi
प्रेम किया
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
사랑했다
Indonesian
mencintai
Bengali
ভালোবাসল
Tagalog
at minahal
Swahili
alipenda
Amharic
ወደደ
Yoruba
fẹ́ràn
Igbo
hụrụ n’anya
Twi
dɔɔ
Ewe
lɔ̃

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Result
וַ + יֶּ + אֱ + הַ֥ב
va + ye + e + hav
vayeehav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-e-HAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-e-HAV ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-ye-e-HAV ya-a-KOV et-ra-KHEL

  4. sentence

    va-ye-e-HAV ya-a-KOV et-ra-KHEL va-YO-mer e-e-va-de-KHA SHE-va sha-NIM be-ra-KHEL bi-te-KHA ha-ke-ta-NA

In contextGenesis 29:18

loved Jacob Rachel he said I will serve you seven years for Rachel your daughter the younger

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב (vayeehav) 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.29.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.18.W1.S1) and character.