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

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Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + תַּ֤ + חוּ
va + yish + ta + khu
vayishtakhu

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-ta-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA

  3. clause

    va-yish-ta-KHU ar-TSA SHE-va pe-a-MIM ad-gish-TO ad-a-KHIV

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.