Genesis 4:18:1Gen.4.18.W1PAT

וַיִּוָּלֵ֤ד

vayivvaled

was born

Transliteration
va-yiv-va-LED
Extended
vah-yiv-vah-LEHD
IPA
/waj.jiv.waː.ˈleːð/

Meaning by language

English
was born
French
naquit
Spanish
nació
Portuguese
nasceu
German
wurde geboren
Russian
родился
Arabic-Simplified
وُلِدَ
Hindi
जन्मा
Chinese-Simplified
出生了
Korean
태어났다
Indonesian
dilahirkan
Bengali
জন্ম নিল
Tagalog
ipinanganak
Swahili
alizaliwa
Amharic
ተወለደ
Yoruba
a bí
Igbo
a mụrụ
Twi
wɔwoo
Ewe
wodzi

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Result
וַ + יִּו + וָּ + לֵ֤ד
va + yiv + va + led
vayivvaled

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
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yiv-va-LED

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yiv-va-LED la-kha-NOKH

  3. clause

    va-yiv-va-LED la-kha-NOKH et-ee-RAD ve-ee-RAD ya-LAD et-me-khu-ya-EL

  4. sentence

    va-yiv-va-LED la-kha-NOKH et-ee-RAD ve-ee-RAD ya-LAD et-me-khu-ya-EL u-me-khee-ya-EL ya-LAD et-me-tu-sha-EL u-me-tu-sha-EL ya-LAD et-LA-mekh

In contextGenesis 4:18

to Enoch was born Irad and Irad fathered Mehujael and Mehujael fathered Methushael and Methushael fathered Lamech

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 4:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּוָּלֵ֤ד (vayivvaled) 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.4.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.18.W1.S1) and character.