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

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Result
וַ + יִּ + שָּׂ֛א
va + yi + sa
vayisa

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
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-SA

  2. clause

    va-yi-SA et-ba-NAW ve-et-na-SHAW al-ha-ge-mal-LIM

  3. sentence

    va-ya-KAM ya-a-KOV va-yi-SA et-ba-NAW ve-et-na-SHAW al-ha-ge-mal-LIM

In contextGenesis 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.