Genesis 38:9:12Gen.38.9.W12PAT
וְשִׁחֵ֣ת
veshikhet
“and he wasted”
- Transliteration
- ve-shi-KHET
- Extended
- veh-shi-KHEET
- IPA
- /və.ʃiˈħeːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he wasted
- French
- et il gaspillait
- Spanish
- y derramaba
- Portuguese
- e desperdiçava
- German
- und er verschwendete
- Russian
- и он изливал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأَفْسَدَ
- Hindi
- और वह नष्ट कर देता
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就毁掉
- Korean
- 그리고 그는 흘려 버렸다
- Indonesian
- dan ia menyia-nyiakan
- Bengali
- এবং সে নষ্ট করত
- Tagalog
- at sinasayang niya
- Swahili
- naye alimwaga
- Amharic
- እርሱም ያጠፋ ነበር
- Yoruba
- ó sì sọ̀fò
- Igbo
- o wee tufuo
- Twi
- na ɔsɛee
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shi-KHET
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa
- clause
ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV
- sentence
va-ye-DA o-NAN KI LO LO yi-he-YE ha-ZA-ra ve-ha-YA im-BA el-E-shet a-KHIV ve-shi-KHET AR-e-tsa le-vil-TI ne-tan-ZE-ra le-a-KHIV
In context — Genesis 38:9
and he knew Onan that not to him would be the offspring and it happened if he entered to the wife of his brother and he wasted to the ground in order not give offspring to his brother
About this coordinate
Genesis 38:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 38:9, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁחֵ֣ת (veshikhet) 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.38.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.9.W12.S1) and character.