Genesis 42:24:3Gen.42.24.W3PAT

וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ

vayevke

he wept

Transliteration
va-YEV-ke
Extended
vah-YEHV-keh
IPA
/vaj.ˈjevk/

Meaning by language

English
he wept
French
il pleura
Spanish
lloró
Portuguese
chorou
German
er weinte
Russian
он заплакал
Arabic-Simplified
وَبَكَى
Hindi
वह रोया
Chinese-Simplified
他哭了
Korean
그는 울었다
Indonesian
ia menangis
Bengali
তিনি কাঁদলেন
Tagalog
at umiyak siya
Swahili
akalia
Amharic
እርሱ አለቀሰ
Yoruba
ó sunkún
Igbo
ọ bere ákwá
Twi
ɔsui
Ewe
eɖe avi

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֑בְ + ךְּ
va + yev + ke
vayevke

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YEV-ke

  2. clause

    va-yis-SOV me-a-lei-HEM va-YEV-ke

  3. sentence

    va-yis-SOV me-a-lei-HEM va-YEV-ke va-ya-SHAV a-le-HEM va-ye-da-BER a-le-HEM va-yik-KAKH me-it-TAM et-shim-ON va-ye-e-SOR o-TO le-ey-NEI-hem

In contextGenesis 42:24

{And} he turned away from them he wept he returned to them he spoke to them he took from among them Simeon he bound him before their eyes

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 42:24, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ (vayevke) 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.42.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.24.W3.S1) and character.