Genesis 37:4:1Gen.37.4.W1PAT
וַיִּרְא֣וּ
vayireu
“and they saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-re-U
- Extended
- vah-yir-eh-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 그들이 보았다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka melihat
- Bengali
- আর তারা দেখল
- Tagalog
- at nakita nila
- Swahili
- na wao wakaona
- Amharic
- እነርሱም አዩ
- Yoruba
- àti wọ́n rí
- Igbo
- ha hụrụ
- Twi
- na wɔhuu
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 e-KHAV
- clause
va-yi-re-U e-KHAV ki-o-TO a-HAV a-vi-HEM mi-kol-e-KHAV va-yi-se-ne-U o-TO
- sentence
va-yi-re-U e-KHAV ki-o-TO a-HAV a-vi-HEM mi-kol-e-KHAV va-yi-se-ne-U o-TO ve-LO ya-khe-LU da-be-RO le-sha-LOM
In context — Genesis 37:4
and they saw his brothers that him loved their father more than all his brothers and they hated him and not were able to speak to him peacefully
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 37:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֣וּ (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.37.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.4.W1.S1) and character.