Genesis 29:20:1Gen.29.20.W1PAT

וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד

vayaavod

served

Transliteration
va-ya-a-VOD
Extended
vah-yah-ah-VOHD
IPA
/waj.ja.ʕăˈvoːd/

Meaning by language

English
served
French
servit
Spanish
sirvió
Portuguese
serviu
German
diente
Russian
служил
Arabic-Simplified
خَدَمَ
Hindi
सेवा की
Chinese-Simplified
服事
Korean
섬겼다
Indonesian
bekerja
Bengali
কাজ করল
Tagalog
naglingkod
Swahili
alitumikia
Amharic
አገለገለ
Yoruba
ṣiṣẹ́
Igbo
rụrụ ọrụ
Twi
yɛɛ adwuma
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּ + עֲ + בֹ֧ד
va + ya + a + vod
vayaavod

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-a-VOD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-a-VOD ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-ya-a-VOD ya-a-KOV be-ra-KHEL SHE-va sha-NIM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-a-VOD ya-a-KOV be-ra-KHEL SHE-va sha-NIM va-yih-YU ve-e-NAV ke-ya-MIM a-kha-DIM be-a-ha-va-TO o-TAH

In contextGenesis 29:20

served Jacob for Rachel seven years were in his eyes like days few because of his love for her

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 29:20, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד (vayaavod) 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.29.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.20.W1.S1) and character.