Genesis 40:7:1Gen.40.7.W1PAT

וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל

vayishal

he asked

Transliteration
va-yish-AL
Extended
vah-yish-AHL
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.ˈʔal/

Meaning by language

English
he asked
French
il demanda
Spanish
preguntó
Portuguese
perguntou
German
er fragte
Russian
спросил
Arabic-Simplified
سَأَلَ
Hindi
उसने पूछा
Chinese-Simplified
他问
Korean
그가 물었다
Indonesian
ia bertanya
Bengali
তিনি জিজ্ঞাসা করলেন
Tagalog
tinanong niya
Swahili
aliuliza
Amharic
ጠየቀ
Yoruba
ó béèrè
Igbo
ọ jụrụ
Twi
obisaa
Ewe
ebiã

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + אַ֞ל
va + yish + al
vayishal

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-AL

  2. clause

    va-yish-AL et-se-ri-SEI far-O a-SHER it-TO ve-mish-MAR BEIT a-do-NAV le-a-MOR

  3. sentence

    va-yish-AL et-se-ri-SEI far-O a-SHER it-TO ve-mish-MAR BEIT a-do-NAV le-a-MOR mad-DU-a pe-nei-KHEM ra-IM ha-YOM

In contextGenesis 40:7

he asked the officers of Pharaoh who with him in custody house of his master saying why your faces sad today

About this coordinate

Genesis 40:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 40:7, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל (vayishal) 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.40.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.7.W1.S1) and character.