Genesis 31:17:3Gen.31.17.W3PAT
וַיִּשָּׂ֛א
vayisa
“lifted”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-SA
- Extended
- vah-yih-SAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jis.ˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lifted
- French
- souleva
- Spanish
- alzó
- Portuguese
- ergueu
- German
- hob
- Russian
- поднял
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَفَعَ
- Hindi
- उठाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 抬起
- Korean
- 들어 올렸다
- Indonesian
- mengangkat
- Bengali
- উঠাল
- Tagalog
- at itinaas
- Swahili
- akainua
- Amharic
- አነሣ
- Yoruba
- gbé
- Igbo
- buliri
- Twi
- soaa
- Ewe
- kɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּ + שָּׂ֛א
↓
va + yi + sa
↓
vayisa
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-SA
- clause
va-yi-SA et-ba-NAW ve-et-na-SHAW al-ha-ge-mal-LIM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM ya-a-KOV va-yi-SA et-ba-NAW ve-et-na-SHAW al-ha-ge-mal-LIM
In context — Genesis 31:17
arose Jacob lifted his sons and his wives upon the camels
About this coordinate
Genesis 31:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 31:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׂ֛א (vayisa) 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.31.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.17.W3.S1) and character.