Genesis 34:25:17Gen.34.25.W17PAT

וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּ

vayahargu

they killed

Transliteration
va-ya-har-GU
Extended
vah-yah-hahr-GOO
IPA
/waj.ja.harˈguː/

Meaning by language

English
they killed
French
ils tuèrent
Spanish
mataron
Portuguese
mataram
German
sie töteten
Russian
они убили
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَتَلُوا
Hindi
उन्होंने मार डाला
Chinese-Simplified
他们杀了
Korean
그들이 죽였다
Indonesian
mereka membunuh
Bengali
তারা হত্যা করল
Tagalog
at pinatay nila
Swahili
wakaua
Amharic
እነርሱ ገደሉ
Yoruba
wọ́n pa
Igbo
ha gburu
Twi
wokunkum
Ewe
wowu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּֽ + הַרְ + ג֖וּ
va + ya + har + gu
vayahargu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ya-har-GU

  2. clause

    va-ya-har-GU kol-za-KHAR

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI bi-he-yo-TAM ko-a-VEEM va-yik-KHU she-nei-ve-nei-ya-a-KOV shim-ON ve-le-VI a-KHEI di-NA ISH khar-BO va-ya-VO-u al-ha-IR BE-takh va-ya-har-GU kol-za-KHAR

In contextGenesis 34:25

and it happened on the day third when they were sore took two sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi brothers of Dinah each man his sword they came against the city securely they killed every male

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:25:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 34:25, so the Hebrew word וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּ (vayahargu) 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.34.25.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.25.W17.S1) and character.