Genesis 29:31:5Gen.29.31.W5PAT

וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח

vayiftakh

opened

Transliteration
va-yif-TAKH
Extended
vah-yif-TAHKH
IPA
/vaj.jifˈtaħ/

Meaning by language

English
opened
French
ouvrit
Spanish
abrió
Portuguese
abriu
German
öffnete
Russian
открыл
Arabic-Simplified
وَفَتَحَ
Hindi
खोला
Chinese-Simplified
开了
Korean
열었다
Indonesian
membuka
Bengali
খুললেন
Tagalog
at binuksan
Swahili
alifungua
Amharic
ከፈተ
Yoruba
ṣí
Igbo
megheere
Twi
buee
Ewe
ʋu

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Result
וַ + יִּפְ + תַּ֖ח
va + yif + takh
vayiftakh

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
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yif-TAKH

  2. clause

    va-YAR Ye-ho-VAH ki-se-nu-AH le-AH va-yif-TAKH et-ra-khe-MAH

  3. sentence

    va-YAR Ye-ho-VAH ki-se-nu-AH le-AH va-yif-TAKH et-ra-khe-MAH ve-ra-KHEL a-ka-RA

In contextGenesis 29:31

saw LORD that was hated Leah opened her womb but Rachel was barren

About this coordinate

Genesis 29:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 29:31, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח (vayiftakh) 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.29.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.29.31.W5.S1) and character.