Genesis 34:18:1Gen.34.18.W1PAT

וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ

vayitevu

were pleasing

Transliteration
va-yi-te-VU
Extended
vah-yee-teh-VOO
IPA
/waj.jiː.təˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
were pleasing
French
plurent
Spanish
agradaron
Portuguese
agradaram
German
gefielen
Russian
понравились
Arabic-Simplified
وَحَسُنَتْ
Hindi
अच्छी लगीं
Chinese-Simplified
合意
Korean
좋게 여겨졌다
Indonesian
berkenan
Bengali
ভালো লেগেছিল
Tagalog
at nakalugod
Swahili
yalipendeza
Amharic
ደስ አሰኙ
Yoruba
dùn
Igbo
masị
Twi
yɛɛ papa
Ewe
dze dzi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּֽי + טְ + ב֥וּ
va + yi + te + vu
vayitevu

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
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tett — emphatic
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-te-VU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-te-VU div-rei-HEM

  3. clause

    va-yi-te-VU div-rei-HEM be-ei-NEI kha-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-yi-te-VU div-rei-HEM be-ei-NEI kha-MOR u-ve-ei-NEI she-KHEM ben-kha-MOR

In contextGenesis 34:18

were pleasing their words in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem son of Hamor

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 34:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ (vayitevu) 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.34.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.18.W1.S1) and character.