Genesis 38:10:1Gen.38.10.W1PAT

וַיֵּ֛רַע

vayera

and it was evil

Transliteration
va-YE-ra
Extended
vah-YEH-rah
IPA
/vaj.ˈje.raʕ/

Meaning by language

English
and it was evil
French
et cela fut mauvais
Spanish
y fue malo
Portuguese
e foi mau
German
und es war böse
Russian
и это было злым
Arabic-Simplified
وكان شرا
Hindi
और वह बुरा था
Chinese-Simplified
这就是恶
Korean
그리고 그것은 악하였다
Indonesian
dan itu jahat
Bengali
আর তা মন্দ ছিল
Tagalog
at ito ay masama
Swahili
na ilikuwa ovu
Amharic
እናም ክፉ ሆነ
Yoruba
ó sì burú
Igbo
ọ ghọrọ ihe ọjọọ
Twi
na ɛyɛɛ bɔne

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֛ + רַע
va + ye + ra
vayera

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-ra

  2. clause

    va-YE-ra be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER a-SA

  3. sentence

    va-YE-ra be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER a-SA va-YA-met gam-o-TO

In contextGenesis 38:10

and it was evil in the eyes of LORD that he did and he put to death also him

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:10, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֛רַע (vayera) 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.38.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.10.W1.S1) and character.