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
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-te-VU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-te-VU div-rei-HEM
- clause
va-yi-te-VU div-rei-HEM be-ei-NEI kha-MOR
- sentence
va-yi-te-VU div-rei-HEM be-ei-NEI kha-MOR u-ve-ei-NEI she-KHEM ben-kha-MOR
In context — Genesis 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.