Genesis 36:8:1Gen.36.8.W1PAT
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב
vayeshev
“settled”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-shev
- Extended
- vah-YEH-shehv
- IPA
- /wajˈjeː.ʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- settled
- French
- s'installa
- Spanish
- se asentó
- Portuguese
- estabeleceu-se
- German
- siedelte
- Russian
- поселился
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَكَنَ
- Hindi
- बसा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 定居了
- Korean
- 거주하였다
- Indonesian
- menetap
- Bengali
- বসবাস করল
- Tagalog
- nanirahan
- Swahili
- aliishi
- Amharic
- ኖረ
- Yoruba
- gbé
- Igbo
- biri
- Twi
- tenaa
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ֤ + שֶׁב
↓
va + ye + shev
↓
vayeshev
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-shev
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-shev e-SAW
- sentence
va-YE-shev e-SAW be-HAR se-IR e-SAW HU e-DOM
In context — Genesis 36:8
settled Esau in the hill country of Seir Esau is Edom
About this coordinate
Genesis 36:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 36:8, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (vayeshev) 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.36.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.36.8.W1.S1) and character.