Genesis 41:14:8Gen.41.14.W8PAT

וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף

vayekhallef

he changed

Transliteration
va-ye-khal-LEF
Extended
vah-yeh-khahl-LEHF
IPA
/vajə.ħal.ˈleːf/

Meaning by language

English
he changed
French
il changea
Spanish
cambió
Portuguese
trocou
German
wechselte
Russian
он сменил
Arabic-Simplified
وَبَدَّلَ
Hindi
उसने बदले
Chinese-Simplified
他换了
Korean
그는 갈아입었다
Indonesian
ia mengganti
Bengali
সে বদলাল
Tagalog
at nagpalit
Swahili
akabadilisha
Amharic
ለወጠ
Yoruba
ó pààrọ̀
Igbo
ọ gbanwere
Twi
ɔsesaa
Ewe
etrɔ

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Result
וַ + יְ + חַל + לֵּ֣ף
va + ye + khal + lef
vayekhallef

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
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-khal-LEF

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-khal-LEF sim-lo-TAV

  3. clause

    va-ye-gal-LAKH va-ye-khal-LEF sim-lo-TAV va-ya-VO el-par-OH

  4. sentence

    va-yish-LAKH par-OH va-yik-RA et-yo-SEF va-ye-ri-TSU-hu min-ha-BOR va-ye-gal-LAKH va-ye-khal-LEF sim-lo-TAV va-ya-VO el-par-OH

In contextGenesis 41:14

sent Pharaoh called Joseph they hurried him out from the pit he shaved he changed his clothes he came before Pharaoh

About this coordinate

Genesis 41:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 41:14, so the Hebrew word וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף (vayekhallef) 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.41.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.41.14.W8.S1) and character.