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

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Result
וַ + יִּ֥ + בֶן
va + yi + ven
vayiven

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YI-ven

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YI-ven LO

  3. clause

    ve-ya-a-KOV na-SA su-KO-ta va-YI-ven LO BA-yit

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.