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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ֛ + רַע
↓
va + ye + ra
↓
vayera
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-ra
- clause
va-YE-ra be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-YE-ra be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER a-SA va-YA-met gam-o-TO
In context — Genesis 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.