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
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-re-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-re-U ha-a-na-SHIM
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.