Genesis 43:18:1Gen.43.18.W1PAT

וַיִּֽירְא֣וּ

vayireu

were afraid

Transliteration
va-yi-re-U
Extended
vah-yee-reh-OO
IPA
/waj.ji.rə.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
at natakot
Swahili
waliogopa
Amharic
ፈሩ
Yoruba
bẹ̀rù
Igbo
tụrụ egwu
Twi
wosuroe
Ewe
vɔ̃

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּֽי + רְא֣ + וּ
va + yi + re + u
vayireu

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
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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-re-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM

  3. clause

    va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM KI hu-ve-U BEIT yo-SEF va-yom-RU al-de-VAR ha-KE-sef ha-SHAV be-am-te-kho-TEI-nu bat-te-khi-LA a-NAKH-nu mu-va-IM

  4. sentence

    va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM KI hu-ve-U BEIT yo-SEF va-yom-RU al-de-VAR ha-KE-sef ha-SHAV be-am-te-kho-TEI-nu bat-te-khi-LA a-NAKH-nu mu-va-IM le-hit-go-LEL a-LEI-nu u-le-hit-na-PEL a-LEI-nu ve-la-KA-khat o-TA-nu la-a-va-DIM ve-et-kha-mo-REI-nu

In contextGenesis 43:18

were afraid the men because were brought house of Joseph they said on account of the money returned in our sacks the first time we are being brought to make a pretext against us and to rush upon us and to take us as slaves and our donkeys

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 43:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽירְא֣וּ (vayireu) 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.43.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.18.W1.S1) and character.