Genesis 34:20:7Gen.34.20.W7PAT

וַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּ

vayedabberu

spoke

Transliteration
va-ye-dab-be-RU
Extended
vah-yeh-dahb-beh-ROO
IPA
/wajə.dab.bəˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
spoke
French
parlèrent
Spanish
hablaron
Portuguese
falaram
German
sprachen
Russian
говорили
Arabic-Simplified
وَتَكَلَّمُوا
Hindi
बोले
Chinese-Simplified
说话
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berbicara
Bengali
বলল
Tagalog
at nagsalita
Swahili
walisema
Amharic
ተናገሩ
Yoruba
sọ̀rọ̀
Igbo
kwuru okwu
Twi
kasae
Ewe
ƒo nu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַֽ + יְ + דַב + בְּ + ר֛וּ
va + ye + dab + be + ru
vayedabberu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-dab-be-RU

  2. clause

    va-ye-dab-be-RU el-an-SHEI i-RAM le-MOR

  3. sentence

    va-ya-VO kha-MOR u-she-KHEM be-NO el-SHA-ar i-RAM va-ye-dab-be-RU el-an-SHEI i-RAM le-MOR

In contextGenesis 34:20

came Hamor and Shechem his son to the gate of their city spoke to the men of their city saying

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 34:20, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּ (vayedabberu) 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.34.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.20.W7.S1) and character.