Genesis 43:27:1Gen.43.27.W1PAT

וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל

vayishal

{And} he asked

Transliteration
va-yish-AL
Extended
vah-yihsh-AHL
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.ˈʔal/

Meaning by language

English
{And} he asked
French
{Et} il demanda
Spanish
{Y} preguntó
Portuguese
{E} perguntou
German
{Und} er fragte
Russian
{И} он спросил
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَأَلَ
Hindi
{और} उसने पूछा
Chinese-Simplified
{并且} 他问
Korean
{그리고} 그가 물었다
Indonesian
{Dan} ia bertanya
Bengali
{এবং} তিনি জিজ্ঞাসা করলেন
Tagalog
at nagtanong siya
Swahili
{Na} akauliza
Amharic
{እና} እርሱ ጠየቀ
Yoruba
{Ati} ó béèrè
Igbo
{Na} ọ jụrụ
Twi
{Na} obisaa
Ewe
{Ke} ebia

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + אַ֤ל
va + yish + al
vayishal

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-AL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-AL la-HEM

  3. clause

    va-yish-AL la-HEM le-sha-LOM va-YO-mer ha-sha-LOM a-vi-KHEM ha-za-KEN a-SHER a-mar-TEM

  4. sentence

    va-yish-AL la-HEM le-sha-LOM va-YO-mer ha-sha-LOM a-vi-KHEM ha-za-KEN a-SHER a-mar-TEM ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI

In contextGenesis 43:27

{And} he asked them about well-being he said is well your father the old man about whom you spoke is he still alive

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 43:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל (vayishal) 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.43.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.27.W1.S1) and character.