Genesis 42:35:13Gen.42.35.W13PAT

וַיִּירָֽאוּ׃

vayirau

were afraid

Transliteration
va-yi-ra-U
Extended
vah-yee-rah-OO
IPA
/waj.jiː.raː.ˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
were afraid
French
eurent peur
Spanish
tuvieron miedo
Portuguese
temeram
German
fürchteten sich
Russian
испугались
Arabic-Simplified
وَخَافُوا
Hindi
डर गए
Chinese-Simplified
害怕了
Korean
두려워하였다
Indonesian
takut
Bengali
ভয় পেল
Tagalog
natakot
Swahili
wakaogopa
Amharic
ፈሩ
Yoruba
bẹ̀rù
Igbo
tụrụ egwu
Twi
suroe
Ewe
vɔ̃

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Result
וַ + יִּי + רָֽא + וּ׃
va + yi + ra + u
vayirau

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-ra-U

  2. clause

    va-yir-U et-tse-ro-ROT kas-fe-HEM HEM-ma va-a-VI-hem va-yi-ra-U

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI HEM me-ri-KIM sa-ke-HEM ve-hi-ne-ISH tse-ror-kas-FO be-sa-KO va-yir-U et-tse-ro-ROT kas-fe-HEM HEM-ma va-a-VI-hem va-yi-ra-U

In contextGenesis 42:35

and it happened they emptying their sacks and behold each man bundle of money in his sack saw bundles of their money they and their father were afraid

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:35:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 42:35, so the Hebrew word וַיִּירָֽאוּ׃ (vayirau) 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.42.35.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.35.W13.S1) and character.