Genesis 35:16:1Gen.35.16.W1PAT

וַיִּסְעוּ֙

vayisu

they journeyed

Transliteration
va-yis-U
Extended
vah-yih-OO
IPA
/waj.jis.ˈʕuː/

Meaning by language

English
they journeyed
French
ils partirent
Spanish
partieron
Portuguese
partiram
German
zogen weiter
Russian
отправились
Arabic-Simplified
ارْتَحَلُوا
Hindi
वे चले
Chinese-Simplified
起行
Korean
길을 떠났다
Indonesian
berangkat
Bengali
যাত্রা করল
Tagalog
naglakbay sila
Swahili
walisafiri
Amharic
ተጓዙ
Yoruba
wọ́n rìn lọ
Igbo
ha jere ije
Twi
wɔkɔɔ wɔn kwan
Ewe
wozɔ yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּסְ + עוּ֙
va + yis + u
vayisu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Samekhs as in sit
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yis-U

  2. clause

    va-yis-U mib-BET EL va-ye-hi-OD kiv-rat-ha-A-rets la-VO ef-RA-ta

  3. sentence

    va-yis-U mib-BET EL va-ye-hi-OD kiv-rat-ha-A-rets la-VO ef-RA-ta va-TE-led ra-KHEL vat-te-KASH be-lid-TAH

In contextGenesis 35:16

they journeyed from house of El there was still a stretch of land to reach Ephrathah gave birth Rachel she labored hard in her giving birth

About this coordinate

Genesis 35:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 35:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסְעוּ֙ (vayisu) 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.35.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.16.W1.S1) and character.