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
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-AL
- clause
va-yish-AL et-se-ri-SEI far-O a-SHER it-TO ve-mish-MAR BEIT a-do-NAV le-a-MOR
- 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 context — Genesis 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.