Genesis 33:3:4Gen.33.3.W4PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֤חוּ
vayishtakhu
“he prostrated himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ta.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he prostrated himself
- French
- il se prosterna
- Spanish
- se postró
- Portuguese
- prostrou-se
- German
- warf sich nieder
- Russian
- поклонился
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَجَدَ
- Hindi
- दण्डवत किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 下拜
- Korean
- 절하였다
- Indonesian
- bersujud
- Bengali
- নত হল
- Tagalog
- at nagpatirapa
- Swahili
- alisujudu
- Amharic
- ሰገደ
- Yoruba
- foribalẹ̀
- Igbo
- kpọrọ isiala
- Twi
- ɔkotowee
- Ewe
- de ta agu
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA
- clause
va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA SHE-va pe-a-MIM ad-gish-TO ad-a-KHIV
- sentence
ve-HU a-VAR lif-nei-HEM va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA SHE-va pe-a-MIM ad-gish-TO ad-a-KHIV
In context — Genesis 33:3
and he himself passed before them he prostrated himself to the ground seven times until his approach to his brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 33:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֤חוּ (vayishtakhu) 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.33.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.3.W4.S1) and character.