Genesis 42:17:1Gen.42.17.W1PAT
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף
vayeesof
“he put”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-SOF
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-SOHF
- IPA
- /waj.jɛ.ʔɛ̆.ˈsoːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- he put
- French
- mit
- Spanish
- puso
- Portuguese
- pôs
- German
- nahm
- Russian
- поместил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَوَضَعَ
- Hindi
- रखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 拘留了
- Korean
- 두었다
- Indonesian
- menempatkan
- Bengali
- রাখলেন
- Tagalog
- at inilagay
- Swahili
- akaweka
- Amharic
- አኖረ
- Yoruba
- fi
- Igbo
- tùrụ
- Twi
- ɔde
- Ewe
- eɖo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֶּ + אֱ + סֹ֥ף
↓
va + ye + e + sof
↓
vayeesof
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-SOF
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-e-SOF o-TAM
- sentence
va-ye-e-SOF o-TAM el-mish-MAR she-LO-shet ya-MIM
In context — Genesis 42:17
he put them into custody for three days
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף (vayeesof) 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.42.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.17.W1.S1) and character.