Genesis 33:7:4Gen.33.7.W4PAT
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֑וּ
vayishetakhavu
“bowed down”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-she-ta-kha-VU
- Extended
- vah-yee-sheh-tah-khah-VOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ta.ħăˈwuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bowed down
- French
- se prosternèrent
- Spanish
- se postraron
- Portuguese
- se prostraram
- German
- warfen sich nieder
- Russian
- поклонились
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسجدوا
- Hindi
- दण्डवत किए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 下拜
- Korean
- 절하였다
- Indonesian
- bersujud
- Bengali
- নত হল
- Tagalog
- at nagpatirapa
- Swahili
- wakasujudu
- Amharic
- ሰገዱ
- Yoruba
- foribalẹ̀
- Igbo
- kpọrọ isiala
- Twi
- kotowee
- Ewe
- subɔ
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-she-ta-kha-VU
- clause
va-ti-GASH gam-le-A vi-la-DE-ha va-yi-she-ta-kha-VU
- sentence
va-ti-GASH gam-le-A vi-la-DE-ha va-yi-she-ta-kha-VU ve-a-KHAR ni-GASH yo-SEF ve-ra-KHEL va-yi-she-ta-kha-VU
In context — Genesis 33:7
approached Leah also and her children bowed down and afterward approached Joseph and Rachel bowed down
About this coordinate
Genesis 33:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 33:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֑וּ (vayishetakhavu) 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.33.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.33.7.W4.S1) and character.