Genesis 34:8:1Gen.34.8.W1PAT
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vayedaber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-da-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dah-BEHR
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ðaˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- spoke
- French
- parla
- Spanish
- habló
- Portuguese
- falou
- German
- sprach
- Russian
- обратился
- Arabic-Simplified
- وتكلم
- Hindi
- बोला
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说话
- Korean
- 말하였다
- Indonesian
- berbicara
- Bengali
- কথা বলল
- Tagalog
- at nagsalita
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- ተናገረ
- Yoruba
- sọ̀rọ̀
- Igbo
- kwuru
- Twi
- kasae
- Ewe
- ƒo nu
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-da-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-da-BER kha-MOR
- clause
va-ye-da-BER kha-MOR i-TAM le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER kha-MOR i-TAM le-MOR she-KHEM be-NI khash-KA naf-SHO be-vit-KHEM te-NU NA o-TAH LO le-ish-SHA
In context — Genesis 34:8
spoke Hamor with them saying Shechem my son longs for his soul your daughter give please her to him as a wife
About this coordinate
Genesis 34:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 34:8, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedaber) 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.34.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.34.8.W1.S1) and character.