Genesis 43:15:10Gen.43.15.W10PAT

וַיֵּרְד֣וּ

vayerdu

they went down to

Transliteration
va-yer-DU
Extended
vah-yehr-DOO
IPA
/waj.jeːr.ˈðuː/

Meaning by language

English
they went down to
French
ils descendirent en
Spanish
descendieron a
Portuguese
desceram ao
German
sie gingen hinab nach
Russian
они спустились в
Arabic-Simplified
ونزلوا إلى
Hindi
वे उतरे
Chinese-Simplified
他们下到
Korean
그들이 내려갔다
Indonesian
mereka turun ke
Bengali
তারা নেমে গেল
Tagalog
at bumaba sa
Swahili
walishuka hadi
Amharic
ወረዱ
Yoruba
wọ́n sọ̀kalẹ̀ sí
Igbo
ha rida na
Twi
wɔsiane kɔe
Ewe
wogodo yi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּרְ + ד֣וּ
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 mits-RA-yim

  3. clause

    va-ya-ku-MU va-yer-DU mits-RA-yim va-ya-am-DU lif-NEI yo-SEF

  4. sentence

    va-yik-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM ET-ham-min-KHA haz-ZOT u-mish-neh-KE-sef lak-KHU ve-ya-DAM ve-ET-bin-ya-MIN va-ya-ku-MU va-yer-DU mits-RA-yim va-ya-am-DU lif-NEI yo-SEF

In contextGenesis 43:15

{They} took the men gift this and double money they took in their hand and Benjamin they arose they went down to Egypt they stood before Joseph

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 43:15, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּרְד֣וּ (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.43.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.15.W10.S1) and character.