Genesis 37:15:6Gen.37.15.W6PAT

וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּ

vayishealehu

and he asked him

Transliteration
va-yi-she-a-LE-hu
Extended
vah-yih-sheh-aa-LEE-hoo
IPA
/vaj.ji.ʃə.ʔaː.ˈleː.huː/

Meaning by language

English
and he asked him
French
et il lui demanda
Spanish
y le preguntó
Portuguese
e lhe perguntou
German
und er fragte ihn
Russian
и он спросил его
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَأَلَهُ
Hindi
और उसने उससे पूछा
Chinese-Simplified
就问他
Korean
그리고 그가 그에게 물었다
Indonesian
dan ia bertanya kepadanya
Bengali
আর সে তাকে জিজ্ঞেস করল
Tagalog
at tinanong niya siya
Swahili
naye akamuuliza
Amharic
እርሱም ጠየቀው
Yoruba
ó sì bi í
Igbo
o wee jụọ ya
Twi
na obisaa no

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Result
וַ + יִּ + שְׁ + אָ + לֵ֧ + הוּ
va + yi + she + a + le + hu
vayishealehu

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-she-a-LE-hu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-she-a-LE-hu ha-ISH

  3. clause

    va-yi-she-a-LE-hu ha-ISH le-MOR ma-te-va-KESH

  4. sentence

    va-yi-me-tsa-E-hu ISH ve-hi-NE to-E ba-sa-DE va-yi-she-a-LE-hu ha-ISH le-MOR ma-te-va-KESH

In contextGenesis 37:15

and he found him a man and behold wandering in the field and he asked him the man saying what are you seeking

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 37:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֧הוּ (vayishealehu) 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.37.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.15.W6.S1) and character.