Genesis 31:23:4Gen.31.23.W4PAT
וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף
vayirdof
“he pursued”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-DOF
- Extended
- vah-yir-DOHF
- IPA
- /waj.jirˈdoːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- he pursued
- French
- il poursuivit
- Spanish
- persiguió
- Portuguese
- perseguiu
- German
- er verfolgte
- Russian
- он преследовал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَلَاحَقَ
- Hindi
- उसने पीछा किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他追赶
- Korean
- 그가 뒤쫓았다
- Indonesian
- ia mengejar
- Bengali
- সে তাড়া করল
- Tagalog
- at hinabol niya
- Swahili
- alifuatia
- Amharic
- እርሱ አሳደደ
- Yoruba
- ó lépa
- Igbo
- o chụsoro
- Twi
- ɔtaa
- Ewe
- eyi ɖe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-DOF
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-DOF a-kha-RAV
- clause
va-yik-KAKH et-e-KHAV im-MO va-yir-DOF a-kha-RAV DE-rekh shiv-AT ya-MIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH et-e-KHAV im-MO va-yir-DOF a-kha-RAV DE-rekh shiv-AT ya-MIM va-ya-de-BEK o-TO be-HAR ha-gil-AD
In context — Genesis 31:23
he took his kinsmen with him he pursued after him a distance of seven days he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead
About this coordinate
Genesis 31:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 31:23, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף (vayirdof) 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.31.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.23.W4.S1) and character.