Genesis 44:12:1Gen.44.12.W1PAT

וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ

vayekhappes

“{And} he searched”

Transliteration: va-ye-khap-PES
Extended: vah-yeh-khahp-PEHS
IPA: /va.jə.ħap.ˈpeːs/

Meaning by language

English: {And} he searched
French: {Et} il fouilla
Spanish: {Y} buscó
Portuguese: {E} procurou
German: {Und} suchte er
Russian: {И} он искал
Arabic-Simplified: وَفَتَّشَ
Hindi: {और} उसने खोजा
Chinese-Simplified: {并且} 搜查
Korean: {그리고} 뒤져보았다
Indonesian: {Dan} ia mencari
Bengali: {আর} তিনি খুঁজলেন
Tagalog: at naghanap siya
Swahili: {Na} akatafuta
Amharic: {እና} ፈለገ
Yoruba: {Ati} ó wá
Igbo: {Na} o nyochara
Twi: {Na} ɔhwehwɛe
Ewe: {Eye} eɖii

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Result

וַ + יְ + חַפ + פֵּ֕שׂ

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va + ye + khap + pes

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vayekhappes

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
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Chet	ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Pe	p with dagesh; f without
	Tsere	long 'ey' as in they
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

word
va-ye-khap-PES
clause
va-ye-khap-PES bag-ga-DOL he-KHEL u-bak-ka-TON kil-LA
sentence
va-ye-khap-PES bag-ga-DOL he-KHEL u-bak-ka-TON kil-LA va-yim-ma-TSE hag-ga-VI-a be-am-TA-khat bin-ya-MIN

In context — Genesis 44:12

{And} he searched with the eldest he began and with the youngest he finished {And} was found the cup in the sack of Benjamin

About this coordinate

Genesis 44:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 44:12, so the Hebrew word וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ (vayekhappes) 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.44.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.12.W1.S1) and character.

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