Genesis 33:16:1Gen.33.16.W1PAT
וַיָּשָׁב֩
vayashav
“returned”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHAV
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHAAV
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- returned
- French
- retourna
- Spanish
- volvió
- Portuguese
- voltou
- German
- kehrte zurück
- Russian
- возвратился
- Arabic-Simplified
- رَجَعَ
- Hindi
- लौट गया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 返回了
- Korean
- 돌아갔다
- Indonesian
- kembali
- Bengali
- ফিরল
- Tagalog
- bumalik
- Swahili
- akarudi
- Amharic
- ተመለሰ
- Yoruba
- padà
- Igbo
- laghachiri
- Twi
- san kɔe
- Ewe
- trɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יָּ + שָׁב֩
↓
va + ya + shav
↓
vayashav
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHAV ba-YOM ha-HU e-SAV
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV ba-YOM ha-HU e-SAV le-dar-KO se-i-RA
In context — Genesis 33:16
returned on the day that Esau on his way to Seir
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 33:16, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשָׁב֩ (vayashav) 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.33.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.16.W1.S1) and character.