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
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-re-U o-TO
- clause
va-yi-re-U o-TO me-ra-KHOK
- 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 context — Genesis 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.