Genesis 38:16:1Gen.38.16.W1PAT

וַיֵּ֨ט

vayet

and he turned aside

Transliteration
va-YET
Extended
vah-YEET
IPA
/vaj.ˈjeːt/

Meaning by language

English
and he turned aside
French
et il se détourna
Spanish
y él se desvió
Portuguese
e ele se voltou
German
und er bog ab
Russian
и он свернул
Arabic-Simplified
وَمَالَ
Hindi
और वह मुड़ा
Chinese-Simplified
他就转向了
Korean
그리고 그는 돌이켰다
Indonesian
dan ia berbelok
Bengali
আর সে ফিরল
Tagalog
at siya ay lumiko
Swahili
naye akageuka
Amharic
እርሱም ዘወር አለ
Yoruba
ó sì yí padà
Igbo
o wee tụgharịa
Twi
na ɔdanee

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֨ט
va + yet
vayet

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
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YET e-le-HA

  3. clause

    va-YET e-le-HA el-ha-DE-rekh va-yo-MER ha-va-NA a-VO e-la-YIKH KI LO ya-DA KI ka-la-TO HI

  4. sentence

    va-YET e-le-HA el-ha-DE-rekh va-yo-MER ha-va-NA a-VO e-la-YIKH KI LO ya-DA KI ka-la-TO HI va-to-MER ma-ti-ten-LI KI ta-VO e-LAI

In contextGenesis 38:16

and he turned aside to her to the road and he said come please let me come in to you for not he knew that his daughter-in-law she and she said what will you give me that you may come in to me

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֨ט (vayet) 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.38.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.16.W1.S1) and character.