Genesis 34:5:11Gen.34.5.W11PAT

וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ

vehekherish

kept silent

Transliteration
ve-he-khe-RISH
Extended
veh-heh-kheh-RIHSH
IPA
/wə.hɛ.ħɛ̆.ˈriʃ/

Meaning by language

English
kept silent
French
se tut
Spanish
guardó silencio
Portuguese
ficou calado
German
schwieg
Russian
молчал
Arabic-Simplified
سَكَتَ
Hindi
चुप रहा
Chinese-Simplified
保持沉默
Korean
잠잠했다
Indonesian
berdiam diri
Bengali
নীরব রইল
Tagalog
nanahimik
Swahili
akanyamaza
Amharic
ዝም አለ
Yoruba
dakẹ́
Igbo
gbara nkịtị
Twi
yɛɛ komm
Ewe
meƒo nu o

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Result
וְ + הֶ + חֱ + רִ֥שׁ
ve + he + khe + rish
vehekherish

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-he-khe-RISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-he-khe-RISH ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    ve-he-khe-RISH ya-a-KOV ad-bo-AM

  4. sentence

    ve-ya-a-KOV sha-MA KI tim-ME et-di-NA bit-TO u-va-NAV ha-YU et-mik-NE-hu bas-sa-DE ve-he-khe-RISH ya-a-KOV ad-bo-AM

In contextGenesis 34:5

and Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter and his sons were with his livestock in the field kept silent Jacob until their coming

About this coordinate

Genesis 34:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 34:5, so the Hebrew word וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ (vehekherish) 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.34.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.5.W11.S1) and character.