Genesis 33:5:1Gen.33.5.W1PAT

וַיִּשָּׂ֣א

vayissa

he lifted up

Transliteration
va-yis-SA
Extended
vah-yihs-SAA
IPA
/waj.jis.ˈsaː/

Meaning by language

English
he lifted up
French
il leva
Spanish
levantó
Portuguese
levantou
German
er hob
Russian
он поднял
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَفَعَ
Hindi
उसने उठाया
Chinese-Simplified
他抬起了
Korean
그가 들어올렸다
Indonesian
ia mengangkat
Bengali
সে তুলল
Tagalog
at itinaas niya
Swahili
aliinua
Amharic
እርሱ አነሣ
Yoruba
ó gbé sókè
Igbo
o weliri
Twi
ɔmaa so
Ewe
e kɔe yi dzi

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Result
וַ + יִּש + שָּׂ֣א
va + yis + sa
vayissa

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
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yis-SA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yis-SA et-ei-NAV

  3. clause

    va-yis-SA et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-ha-na-SHIM ve-et-ha-ye-la-DIM va-yo-MER mi-EL-leh LAKH

  4. sentence

    va-yis-SA et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-ha-na-SHIM ve-et-ha-ye-la-DIM va-yo-MER mi-EL-leh LAKH va-yo-MAR ha-ye-la-DIM a-sher-kha-NAN e-lo-HIM et-av-DE-kha

In contextGenesis 33:5

he lifted up his eyes he saw the women and the children he said who are these to you he said the children whom graciously granted God to your servant

About this coordinate

Genesis 33:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 33:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׂ֣א (vayissa) 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.33.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.5.W1.S1) and character.