Genesis 33:18:12Gen.33.18.W12PAT

וַיִּ֖חַן

vayikhan

he camped

Transliteration
va-yi-KHAN
Extended
vah-yih-KHAHN
IPA
/vaj.ji.ˈħan/

Meaning by language

English
he camped
French
il campa
Spanish
acampó
Portuguese
acampou
German
lagerte sich
Russian
он расположился
Arabic-Simplified
وَخَيَّمَ
Hindi
उसने डेरा डाला
Chinese-Simplified
他安营
Korean
그는 진을 쳤다
Indonesian
ia berkemah
Bengali
সে শিবির স্থাপন করল
Tagalog
at humimpil
Swahili
akapiga kambi
Amharic
ሰፈረ
Yoruba
ó dó àgọ́
Igbo
o mara ụlọikwuu
Twi
ɔbɔɔ ntamadan
Ewe
eɖo agbadɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּ֖ + חַן
va + yi + khan
vayikhan

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
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-KHAN

  2. clause

    va-yi-KHAN et-pe-NEI ha-EER

  3. sentence

    va-ya-VO ya-a-KOV sha-LEM EER she-KHEM a-SHER be-ER-ets ke-NA-an be-VO-o mi-pa-DAN a-RAM va-yi-KHAN et-pe-NEI ha-EER

In contextGenesis 33:18

came Jacob safely city of Shechem which is in the land of Canaan when he came from Paddan Aram he camped before the city

About this coordinate

Genesis 33:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 33:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֖חַן (vayikhan) 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.33.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.18.W12.S1) and character.