Genesis 31:36:5Gen.31.36.W5PAT

וַיַּ֤עַן

vayaan

answered

Transliteration
va-YA-an
Extended
vah-YAH-ahn
IPA
/vaj.ˈja.ʕan/

Meaning by language

English
answered
French
répondit
Spanish
respondió
Portuguese
respondeu
German
antwortete
Russian
ответил
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَجَابَ
Hindi
उत्तर दिया
Chinese-Simplified
回答
Korean
대답하였다
Indonesian
menjawab
Bengali
উত্তর দিল
Tagalog
at sumagot
Swahili
akajibu
Amharic
መለሰ
Yoruba
dáhùn
Igbo
zara
Twi
buae
Ewe
ɖo ŋu

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Result
וַ + יַּ֤ + עַן
va + ya + an
vayaan

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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YA-an

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YA-an ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-YA-an ya-a-KOV va-YO-mer le-la-VAN ma-pish-I MA kha-ta-TI KI da-LAK-ta a-kha-RAI

  4. sentence

    va-YI-khar le-ya-a-KOV va-YA-rev be-la-VAN va-YA-an ya-a-KOV va-YO-mer le-la-VAN ma-pish-I MA kha-ta-TI KI da-LAK-ta a-kha-RAI

In contextGenesis 31:36

became angry Jacob contended with Laban answered Jacob said to Laban what is my offense what my sin that you pursued me

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:36:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 31:36, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֤עַן (vayaan) 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.31.36.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.36.W5.S1) and character.