Genesis 38:2:1Gen.38.2.W1PAT
וַיַּרְא־שָׁ֧ם
vayaresham
“and he saw there”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-re-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-yah-reh-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.rɛ.ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw there
- French
- et il vit là
- Spanish
- y vio allí
- Portuguese
- e viu ali
- German
- und er sah dort
- Russian
- и он увидел там
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَرَأَى هُنَاكَ
- Hindi
- और वहाँ उसने देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并在那里看见
- Korean
- 그리고 거기서 보았다
- Indonesian
- dan ia melihat di sana
- Bengali
- এবং সেখানে সে দেখল
- Tagalog
- at nakita roon
- Swahili
- akaona huko
- Amharic
- እና በዚያ አየ
- Yoruba
- ó sì rí níbẹ̀
- Igbo
- o wee hụ ebe ahụ
- Twi
- na ohuu hɔ
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-re-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-re-SHAM ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-ya-re-SHAM ye-hu-DA bat-ISH ke-na-a-NI u-she-MO SHU-a
- sentence
va-ya-re-SHAM ye-hu-DA bat-ISH ke-na-a-NI u-she-MO SHU-a va-yik-ka-KHE-ha va-ya-VO e-LEI-ha
In context — Genesis 38:2
and he saw there Judah daughter of a man Canaanite and his name Shua and he took her and he came to her
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:2, so the Hebrew word וַיַּרְא־שָׁ֧ם (vayaresham) 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.38.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.2.W1.S1) and character.