Genesis 33:4:8Gen.33.4.W8PAT
וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃
vayiveku
“they wept”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-ve-KU
- Extended
- vah-yih-veh-KOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiv.ˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they wept
- French
- ils pleurèrent
- Spanish
- lloraron
- Portuguese
- choraram
- German
- sie weinten
- Russian
- они заплакали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وبكوا
- Hindi
- वे रोए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们哭了
- Korean
- 그들은 울었다
- Indonesian
- mereka menangis
- Bengali
- তারা কাঁদল
- Tagalog
- at umiyak sila
- Swahili
- walia
- Amharic
- አለቀሱ
- Yoruba
- wọ́n sunkún
- Igbo
- ha bere ákwá
- Twi
- wosui
- Ewe
- woɖe avi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יִּ + בְ + כּֽוּ׃
↓
va + yi + ve + ku
↓
vayiveku
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-ve-KU
- sentence
va-YA-rats e-SAV li-ke-ra-TO va-ye-khab-be-KE-hu va-yi-POL al-tsav-va-RAV va-yi-sha-KE-hu va-yi-ve-KU
In context — Genesis 33:4
ran Esau to meet him He embraced him He fell on his neck He kissed him they wept
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 33:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְכּֽוּ׃ (vayiveku) 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.33.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.4.W8.S1) and character.