Genesis 43:28:8Gen.43.28.W8PAT
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ׃
vayishtakhavu
“they prostrated themselves”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- Extended
- vah-yish-tah-khah-VOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ta.ħă.ˈwuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they prostrated themselves
- French
- ils se prosternèrent
- Spanish
- ellos se postraron
- Portuguese
- eles se prostraram
- German
- sie warfen sich nieder
- Russian
- они простерлись ниц
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسجدوا
- Hindi
- वे दण्डवत हुए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们俯伏
- Korean
- 그들이 엎드려 절하였다
- Indonesian
- mereka sujud
- Bengali
- তারা প্রণত হল
- Tagalog
- at nagpatirapa sila
- Swahili
- wao walisujudu
- Amharic
- እነርሱ ተደፉ
- Yoruba
- wọn dobalẹ
- Igbo
- ha kpọrọ isiala
- Twi
- wɔde wɔn ho butuw fam
- Ewe
- wo de ta agu
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- clause
va-yik-DU va-yish-ta-kha-VU
- sentence
va-yom-RU sha-LOM le-av-de-KHA le-a-VI-nu o-DEN-nu KHAI va-yik-DU va-yish-ta-kha-VU
In context — Genesis 43:28
{And} they said well-being to your servant to our father still alive {And} they bowed they prostrated themselves
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 43:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ׃ (vayishtakhavu) 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.43.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.28.W8.S1) and character.