Genesis 37:25:1Gen.37.25.W1PAT
וַיֵּשְׁבוּ֮
vayeshevu
“and they sat down”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-she-VU
- Extended
- vah-yee-sheh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeː.ʃəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they sat down
- French
- et ils s'assirent
- Spanish
- y se sentaron
- Portuguese
- e eles se sentaram
- German
- und sie setzten sich
- Russian
- и сели
- Arabic-Simplified
- فجلسوا
- Hindi
- और वे बैठ गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们就坐下
- Korean
- 그리고 그들은 앉았다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka duduk
- Bengali
- আর তারা বসল
- Tagalog
- at sila ay naupo
- Swahili
- wakaketi
- Amharic
- እነርሱም ተቀመጡ
- Yoruba
- wọn sì jókòó sílẹ̀
- Igbo
- ha wee nọdụ ala
- Twi
- na wɔtenaa ase
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-she-VU
- clause
va-ye-she-VU le-e-khal-LE-khem va-yi-se-U ei-NEI-hem va-yi-re-U ve-hin-NE or-KHAT yi-she-me-e-LIM ba-A mi-gi-le-AD
- sentence
va-ye-she-VU le-e-khal-LE-khem va-yi-se-U ei-NEI-hem va-yi-re-U ve-hin-NE or-KHAT yi-she-me-e-LIM ba-A mi-gi-le-AD u-ge-ma-LEI-hem no-se-IM ne-KHOT u-tse-RI va-LOT ho-le-KHIM le-ho-RID mi-tse-RAI-ma
In context — Genesis 37:25
and they sat down to eat bread and they lifted up their eyes and they saw and behold a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead and their camels bearing gum and balm and myrrh going to bring down to Egypt
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:25, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשְׁבוּ֮ (vayeshevu) 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.37.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.25.W1.S1) and character.