Genesis 4:16:5Gen.4.16.W5PAT

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב

vayeshev

resided

Transliteration
va-YE-shev
Extended
vah-YEH-shehv
IPA
/waj.ˈje.ʃɛv/

Meaning by language

English
resided
French
résida
Spanish
residió
Portuguese
residiu
German
wohnte
Russian
обитал
Arabic-Simplified
سَكَنَ
Hindi
निवास किया
Chinese-Simplified
居住
Korean
거주하였다
Indonesian
berdiam
Bengali
নিবাস করল
Tagalog
nanirahan
Swahili
akaishi
Amharic
ተቀመጠ
Yoruba
gbé
Igbo
biri
Twi
tenaa
Ewe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֥ + שֶׁב
va + ye + shev
vayeshev

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-shev

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YE-shev be-E-rets-NOD

  3. clause

    va-YE-shev be-E-rets-NOD kid-mat-E-den

  4. sentence

    va-YE-tse KA-yin mil-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-YE-shev be-E-rets-NOD kid-mat-E-den

In contextGenesis 4:16

Cain went out from before the LORD resided in the land of Nod eastward of Eden

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 4:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (vayeshev) 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.4.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.16.W5.S1) and character.