Genesis 31:46:9Gen.31.46.W9PAT

וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ

vayokhelu

they ate

Transliteration
va-yo-khe-LU
Extended
vah-yoh-kheh-LOO
IPA
/waj.joʔ.xə.ˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
they ate
French
ils mangèrent
Spanish
comieron
Portuguese
comeram
German
sie aßen
Russian
они ели
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَكَلُوا
Hindi
उन्होंने खाया
Chinese-Simplified
他们吃了
Korean
그들이 먹었다
Indonesian
mereka makan
Bengali
তারা খেল
Tagalog
at kumain sila
Swahili
wakala
Amharic
በሉ
Yoruba
wọn jẹ
Igbo
ha riri
Twi
wodidii
Ewe
woɖu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֹּ֥א + כְ + לוּ
va + yo + khe + lu
vayokhelu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yo-khe-LU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-khe-LU SHAM

  3. clause

    va-yo-khe-LU SHAM al-ha-GAL

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV le-e-KHAV lik-TU a-va-NIM va-yik-KHU a-va-NIM va-ya-a-su-GAL va-yo-khe-LU SHAM al-ha-GAL

In contextGenesis 31:46

said Jacob to his brothers gather stones they took stones they made a heap they ate there upon the heap

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:46:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 31:46, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ (vayokhelu) 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.31.46.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.46.W9.S1) and character.