Genesis 31:4:1Gen.31.4.W1PAT

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח

vayishlakh

sent

Transliteration
va-yish-LAKH
Extended
vah-yish-LAHKH
IPA
/waj.jiʃˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
sent
French
envoya
Spanish
envió
Portuguese
enviou
German
sandte
Russian
послал
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَرْسَلَ
Hindi
भेजा
Chinese-Simplified
打发
Korean
보냈다
Indonesian
mengutus
Bengali
পাঠালেন
Tagalog
at nagsugo
Swahili
alituma
Amharic
ላከ
Yoruba
rán
Igbo
ziga
Twi
somaa
Ewe

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Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + לַ֣ח
va + yish + lakh
vayishlakh

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-LAKH ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-yish-LAKH ya-a-KOV va-yik-RA le-ra-KHEL u-le-le-A

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH ya-a-KOV va-yik-RA le-ra-KHEL u-le-le-A ha-sa-DE el-TSO-no

In contextGenesis 31:4

sent Jacob and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 31:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (vayishlakh) 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.31.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.4.W1.S1) and character.