Genesis 42:3:1Gen.42.3.W1PAT
וַיֵּרְד֥וּ
vayerdu
“went down”
- Transliteration
- va-yer-DU
- Extended
- vah-yehr-DOO
- IPA
- /waj.jeːr.ˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went down
- French
- descendirent
- Spanish
- descendieron
- Portuguese
- desceram
- German
- zogen hinab
- Russian
- спустились
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَنَزَلُوا
- Hindi
- नीचे गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 下去
- Korean
- 내려갔다
- Indonesian
- turun
- Bengali
- নেমে গেল
- Tagalog
- at bumaba
- Swahili
- walishuka
- Amharic
- ወረዱ
- Yoruba
- sọ̀kalẹ̀
- Igbo
- rìdata
- Twi
- sianee
- Ewe
- ɖi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּרְ + ד֥וּ
↓
va + yer + du
↓
vayerdu
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yer-DU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yer-DU a-khei-yo-SEF
- clause
va-yer-DU a-khei-yo-SEF a-sa-RA
- sentence
va-yer-DU a-khei-yo-SEF a-sa-RA lish-BOR BAR mim-mits-RA-yim
In context — Genesis 42:3
went down brothers of Joseph ten to buy grain from Egypt
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 42:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (vayerdu) 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.42.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.3.W1.S1) and character.