Genesis 4:17:1Gen.4.17.W1PAT
וַיֵּ֤דַע
vayeda
“knew”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-da
- Extended
- vah-YEH-dah
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjeː.ðaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- knew
- French
- connut
- Spanish
- conoció
- Portuguese
- conheceu
- German
- erkannte
- Russian
- познал
- Arabic-Simplified
- عَرَفَ
- Hindi
- सहवास किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 亲近了
- Korean
- 동침했다
- Indonesian
- mengenal
- Bengali
- সহবাস করল
- Tagalog
- sumiping
- Swahili
- alijua
- Amharic
- አወቀ
- Yoruba
- mọ̀
- Igbo
- mara
- Twi
- nim
- Ewe
- nya
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-da
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-da KA-yin
- clause
va-YE-da KA-yin et-ish-TO va-TA-har va-TE-led et-kha-NOKH
- sentence
va-YE-da KA-yin et-ish-TO va-TA-har va-TE-led et-kha-NOKH va-ye-HI BO-ne EER va-yik-RA SHEM ha-EER ke-SHEM be-NO kha-NOKH
In context — Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his wife she conceived she bore Enoch he was building a city named the name of the city as the name of his son Enoch
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 4:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֤דַע (vayeda) 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.4.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.17.W1.S1) and character.