Genesis 38:20:1Gen.38.20.W1PAT

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח

vayishelakh

and he sent

Transliteration
va-yi-she-LAKH
Extended
vah-yih-sheh-LAHKH
IPA
/vaj.ji.ʃəˈlaħ/

Meaning by language

English
and he sent
French
et il envoya
Spanish
y envió
Portuguese
e enviou
German
und er sandte
Russian
и послал
Arabic-Simplified
وَأَرْسَلَ
Hindi
और उसने भेजा
Chinese-Simplified
就差遣
Korean
그리고 그가 보냈다
Indonesian
dan ia mengutus
Bengali
আর তিনি পাঠালেন
Tagalog
at nagpadala siya
Swahili
naye akatuma
Amharic
እርሱም ላከ
Yoruba
ó sì rán
Igbo
o wee ziga
Twi
na ɔsomaa

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּ + שְׁ + לַ֨ח
va + yi + she + lakh
vayishelakh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-she-LAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-she-LAKH ye-hu-DA

  3. clause

    va-yi-she-LAKH ye-hu-DA et-ge-DEE ha-i-ZEEM be-YAD re-E-hu ha-a-du-la-MEE la-KA-khat ha-e-ra-VON mi-YAD ha-i-SHA

  4. sentence

    va-yi-she-LAKH ye-hu-DA et-ge-DEE ha-i-ZEEM be-YAD re-E-hu ha-a-du-la-MEE la-KA-khat ha-e-ra-VON mi-YAD ha-i-SHA ve-LO me-tsa-AH

In contextGenesis 38:20

and he sent Judah the kid of the goats by hand of his friend the Adullamite to take the pledge from hand of the woman and not found her

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 38:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (vayishelakh) 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.38.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.20.W1.S1) and character.