Genesis 33:17:4Gen.33.17.W4PAT
וַיִּ֥בֶן
vayiven
“he built”
- Transliteration
- va-YI-ven
- Extended
- vah-YIH-vehn
- IPA
- /waj.ˈji.vɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- he built
- French
- il bâtit
- Spanish
- edificó
- Portuguese
- construiu
- German
- baute
- Russian
- построил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَبَنَى
- Hindi
- उसने बनाया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 建造了
- Korean
- 지었다
- Indonesian
- membangun
- Bengali
- সে নির্মাণ করল
- Tagalog
- at nagtayo
- Swahili
- alijenga
- Amharic
- ገነባ
- Yoruba
- ó kọ́
- Igbo
- o wuru
- Twi
- ɔkyekyee
- Ewe
- étu
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YI-ven
- phraseyour reading level
va-YI-ven LO
- clause
ve-ya-a-KOV na-SA su-KO-ta va-YI-ven LO BA-yit
- sentence
ve-ya-a-KOV na-SA su-KO-ta va-YI-ven LO BA-yit u-le-mik-NE-hu a-SA su-KOT al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-ma-KOM su-KOT
In context — Genesis 33:17
and Jacob journeyed to Succoth he built for himself a house and for his livestock he made booths therefore he called the name of the place Succoth
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 33:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֥בֶן (vayiven) 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.33.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.17.W4.S1) and character.