Genesis 43:33:1Gen.43.33.W1PAT

וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ

vayeshvu

{And} they sat

Transliteration
va-yesh-VU
Extended
vah-yesh-VOO
IPA
/vaj.jeːʃ.ˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
{And} they sat
French
{Et} ils s'assirent
Spanish
{Y} se sentaron
Portuguese
{E} sentaram-se
German
{Und} sie setsten sich
Russian
{И} они сели
Arabic-Simplified
وَجَلَسُوا
Hindi
{और} वे बैठे
Chinese-Simplified
{并且} 他们坐下
Korean
{그리고} 그들이 앉았다
Indonesian
{Dan} mereka duduk
Bengali
{এবং} তারা বসল
Tagalog
at umupo sila
Swahili
{Na} waliketi
Amharic
{እና} ተቀመጡ
Yoruba
{Ati} wọ́n jókòó
Igbo
{Ma} ha nọdụrụ
Twi
{Na} wɔtenaa ase
Ewe
{Ke} wo-nɔ anyi

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Result
וַ + יֵּשְׁ + ב֣וּ
va + yesh + vu
vayeshvu

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yesh-VU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yesh-VU le-fa-NAV

  3. clause

    va-yesh-VU le-fa-NAV hab-be-KHOR kiv-kho-ra-TO ve-hat-tsa-IR kits-i-ra-TO

  4. sentence

    va-yesh-VU le-fa-NAV hab-be-KHOR kiv-kho-ra-TO ve-hat-tsa-IR kits-i-ra-TO va-yit-me-HU ha-a-na-SHIM ISH el-re-E-hu

In contextGenesis 43:33

{And} they sat before him the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth {And} were astonished the men each man to his companion

About this coordinate

Genesis 43:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 43:33, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ (vayeshvu) 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.43.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.33.W1.S1) and character.