Genesis 40:9:1Gen.40.9.W1PAT

וַיְסַפֵּ֧ר

vayesaper

recounted

Transliteration
va-ye-sa-PER
Extended
vah-yeh-sah-PEHR
IPA
/waj.sə.sap.ˈpeːr/

Meaning by language

English
recounted
French
raconta
Spanish
contó
Portuguese
contou
German
erzählte
Russian
рассказал
Arabic-Simplified
وَقَصَّ
Hindi
बताया
Chinese-Simplified
讲述了
Korean
이야기했다
Indonesian
menceritakan
Bengali
বর্ণনা করল
Tagalog
at isinalaysay
Swahili
alisimulia
Amharic
ተረከ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
kọọrọ
Twi
kaa
Ewe
egblɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + סַ + פֵּ֧ר
va + ye + sa + per
vayesaper

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
Samekhs as in sit
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Pep with dagesh; f without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-sa-PER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-sa-PER sar-ham-mash-KIM

  3. clause

    va-ye-sa-PER sar-ham-mash-KIM et-kha-lo-MO le-yo-SEF

  4. sentence

    va-ye-sa-PER sar-ham-mash-KIM et-kha-lo-MO le-yo-SEF va-YO-mer LO ba-kha-lo-MI ve-hin-neh-GE-fen le-fa-NAI

In contextGenesis 40:9

recounted chief of the cupbearers his dream to Joseph he said to him in my dream and behold a vine before me

About this coordinate

Genesis 40:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 40:9, so the Hebrew word וַיְסַפֵּ֧ר (vayesaper) 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.40.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.40.9.W1.S1) and character.