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
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-she-a-LE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-she-a-LE-hu ha-ISH
- clause
va-yi-she-a-LE-hu ha-ISH le-MOR ma-te-va-KESH
- 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 context — Genesis 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.