Genesis 37:18:1Gen.37.18.W1PAT

וַיִּרְא֥וּ

vayireu

and they saw

Transliteration
va-yi-re-U
Extended
vah-yee-reh-OO
IPA
/vaj.ji.rə.ˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they saw
French
et ils virent
Spanish
y vieron
Portuguese
e viram
German
und sie sahen
Russian
и они увидели
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَوْا
Hindi
और उन्होंने देखा
Chinese-Simplified
他们就看见
Korean
그리고 그들은 보았다
Indonesian
dan mereka melihat
Bengali
আর তারা দেখল
Tagalog
at nakita nila
Swahili
na wakaona
Amharic
እነርሱም አዩ
Yoruba
wọn sì rí
Igbo
ha wee hụ
Twi
na wohunuu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּ + רְא֥ + וּ
va + yi + re + u
vayireu

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
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-re-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-re-U o-TO

  3. clause

    va-yi-re-U o-TO me-ra-KHOK

  4. sentence

    va-yi-re-U o-TO me-ra-KHOK u-ve-TE-rem yi-qe-RAV a-lei-HEM va-yi-te-na-ke-LU o-TO la-ha-MI-to

In contextGenesis 37:18

and they saw him from afar and before he came near to them and they conspired him to kill him

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֥וּ (vayireu) 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.37.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.18.W1.S1) and character.