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

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Result
וַ + יֵּרְ + ד֥וּ
va + yer + du
vayerdu

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
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yer-DU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yer-DU a-khei-yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-yer-DU a-khei-yo-SEF a-sa-RA

  4. sentence

    va-yer-DU a-khei-yo-SEF a-sa-RA lish-BOR BAR mim-mits-RA-yim

In contextGenesis 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.