Genesis 34:16:6Gen.34.16.W6PAT
וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ
veyashavnu
“we will dwell”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-SHAV-nu
- Extended
- veh-yah-SHAHV-noo
- IPA
- /və.jaː.ˈʃav.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we will dwell
- French
- nous habiterons
- Spanish
- habitaremos
- Portuguese
- habitaremos
- German
- wir werden wohnen
- Russian
- мы будем жить
- Arabic-Simplified
- ونسكن
- Hindi
- हम बसेंगे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我们将居住
- Korean
- 우리는 거주할 것이다
- Indonesian
- kami akan tinggal
- Bengali
- আমরা বাস করব
- Tagalog
- at maninirahan kami
- Swahili
- tutakaa
- Amharic
- እንኖራለን
- Yoruba
- a ó gbé
- Igbo
- anyị ga-ebi
- Twi
- yɛbɛtena
- Ewe
- mínɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ya-SHAV-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-SHAV-nu it-te-KHEM
- clause
ve-ya-SHAV-nu it-te-KHEM ve-ha-YI-nu le-AM e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-na-TAN-nu et-be-no-TE-nu la-KHEM ve-et-be-no-te-KHEM ni-kakh-LA-nu ve-ya-SHAV-nu it-te-KHEM ve-ha-YI-nu le-AM e-KHAD
In context — Genesis 34:16
we will give our daughters to you and your daughters we will take for ourselves we will dwell with you we will become people one
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 34:16, so the Hebrew word וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ (veyashavnu) 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.34.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.16.W6.S1) and character.