Genesis 37:28:5Gen.37.28.W5PAT

וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙

vayimeshekhu

and they pulled

Transliteration
va-yi-me-she-KHU
Extended
vah-yih-meh-sheh-KHOO
IPA
/vaj.ji.mə.ʃəˈxuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they pulled
French
et ils tirèrent
Spanish
y tiraron
Portuguese
e puxaram
German
und sie zogen
Russian
и они вытащили
Arabic-Simplified
وسحبوا
Hindi
और उन्होंने खींचा
Chinese-Simplified
并且他们拉起
Korean
그리고 그들은 끌어올렸다
Indonesian
dan mereka menarik
Bengali
আর তারা টানল
Tagalog
at hinila nila
Swahili
na wakavuta
Amharic
እነርሱም ጎተቱ
Yoruba
àti pé wọ́n fà
Igbo
ha wee dọpụta
Twi
na wɔtwee

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַֽ + יִּ + מְ + שְׁ + כוּ֙
va + yi + me + she + khu
vayimeshekhu

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
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-me-she-KHU

  2. clause

    va-ya-a-ve-RU a-na-SHIM mi-de-ya-NIM so-kha-RIM va-yi-me-she-KHU va-ya-a-LU et-yo-SEF min-ha-BOR va-yi-me-ke-RU et-yo-SEF la-yi-she-me-e-LIM be-e-se-RIM KA-sef

  3. sentence

    va-ya-a-ve-RU a-na-SHIM mi-de-ya-NIM so-kha-RIM va-yi-me-she-KHU va-ya-a-LU et-yo-SEF min-ha-BOR va-yi-me-ke-RU et-yo-SEF la-yi-she-me-e-LIM be-e-se-RIM KA-sef va-ya-VI-u et-yo-SEF mi-tse-ra-ye-MA

In contextGenesis 37:28

and they passed by men Midianites merchants and they pulled and they brought up Joseph from the pit and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver and they brought Joseph to Egypt

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 37:28, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙ (vayimeshekhu) 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.37.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.28.W5.S1) and character.