Genesis 34:21:6Gen.34.21.W6PAT

וְיֵשְׁב֤וּ

veyeshvu

let them dwell

Transliteration
ve-yesh-VU
Extended
veh-yesh-VOO
IPA
/wə.jeːʃˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
let them dwell
French
qu'ils habitent
Spanish
que habiten
Portuguese
que habitem
German
sie sollen wohnen
Russian
пусть живут
Arabic-Simplified
وَلْيَسْكُنُوا
Hindi
वे बसें
Chinese-Simplified
让他们居住
Korean
거주하게 하자
Indonesian
biarlah mereka menetap
Bengali
তারা বাস করুক
Tagalog
at manirahan sila
Swahili
waishi
Amharic
ይኑሩ
Yoruba
kí wọ́n gbé
Igbo
ka ha biri
Twi
ma wɔntena
Ewe
ne woanɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + יֵשְׁ + ב֤וּ
ve + yesh + vu
veyeshvu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-yesh-VU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-yesh-VU va-A-rets

  3. clause

    ha-a-na-SHIM ha-EL-leh she-le-MIM HEM i-TA-nu ve-yesh-VU va-A-rets ve-yis-kha-RU o-TAH ve-ha-A-rets hin-NE ra-kha-vat-ya-DA-yim lif-NE-hem

  4. sentence

    ha-a-na-SHIM ha-EL-leh she-le-MIM HEM i-TA-nu ve-yesh-VU va-A-rets ve-yis-kha-RU o-TAH ve-ha-A-rets hin-NE ra-kha-vat-ya-DA-yim lif-NE-hem et-be-no-TAM ni-kakh-LA-nu le-na-SHIM ve-et-be-no-TE-nu ni-TEN la-HEM

In contextGenesis 34:21

men these peaceable they with us let them dwell in the land let them trade in it and the land behold wide on all sides before them their daughters let us take for ourselves as wives and our daughters let us give to them

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 34:21, so the Hebrew word וְיֵשְׁב֤וּ (veyeshvu) 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.34.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.21.W6.S1) and character.