Genesis 40:4:6Gen.40.4.W6PAT

וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת

vayesharet

he served

Transliteration
va-ye-SHA-ret
Extended
vah-yeh-SHAA-reht
IPA
/vajəˈʃaː.rɛθ/

Meaning by language

English
he served
French
il servit
Spanish
sirvió
Portuguese
serviu
German
diente
Russian
служил
Arabic-Simplified
وَخَدَمَ
Hindi
सेवा की
Chinese-Simplified
他服侍
Korean
섬겼다
Indonesian
melayani
Bengali
সেবা করল
Tagalog
nagsilbi
Swahili
alihudumia
Amharic
አገለገለ
Yoruba
ó sìn
Igbo
o jeere
Twi
ɔsom
Ewe
e dɔ na

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Result
וַ + יְ + שָׁ֣ + רֶת
va + ye + sha + ret
vayesharet

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-SHA-ret

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-SHA-ret o-TAM

  3. clause

    va-yif-KOD SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM et-yo-SEF it-TAM va-ye-SHA-ret o-TAM

  4. sentence

    va-yif-KOD SAR ha-ta-ba-KHIM et-yo-SEF it-TAM va-ye-SHA-ret o-TAM va-yih-YU ya-MIM be-mish-MAR

In contextGenesis 40:4

appointed the chief of the slaughterers Joseph with them he served them they remained days in custody

About this coordinate

Genesis 40:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 40:4, so the Hebrew word וַיְשָׁ֣רֶת (vayesharet) 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.40.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.4.W6.S1) and character.