Genesis 42:6:12Gen.42.6.W12PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ל֥וֹ
vayishtakhavulo
“bowed themselves to him”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-tah-khah-voo-LOH
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃ.ta.ħă.wuː.ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bowed themselves to him
- French
- se prosternèrent devant lui
- Spanish
- se postraron ante él
- Portuguese
- prostraram-se diante dele
- German
- beugten sich vor ihm nieder
- Russian
- поклонились ему
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ
- Hindi
- उसके आगे झुके
- Chinese-Simplified
- 向他下拜
- Korean
- 그에게 몸을 굽혀 절했다
- Indonesian
- sujud kepadanya
- Bengali
- তার সামনে নত হল
- Tagalog
- at nagpatirapa sa kaniya
- Swahili
- walimsujudia
- Amharic
- ለእርሱ ሰገዱ
- Yoruba
- foribalẹ̀ fún un
- Igbo
- kpọrọ isiala nye ya
- Twi
- kotow no
- Ewe
- de ta agu na e
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO a-PA-yim
- clause
va-ya-VO-u a-KHE yo-SEF va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO a-PA-yim ar-TSA
- sentence
ve-yo-SEF HU ha-sha-LIT al-ha-A-rets HU ha-mash-BIR le-khol-AM ha-A-rets va-ya-VO-u a-KHE yo-SEF va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO a-PA-yim ar-TSA
In context — Genesis 42:6
and Joseph he the governor over the land he the one selling grain to all the people of the land came brothers of Joseph bowed themselves to him with faces to the ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 42:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ל֥וֹ (vayishtakhavulo) 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.42.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.6.W12.S1) and character.