Genesis 45:3:9Gen.45.3.W9PAT

וְלֹֽא־יָכְל֤וּ

veloyakhlu

{They} could not

Transliteration
ve-lo-yakh-LU
Extended
veh-loh-yahkh-LOO
IPA
/wə.loː.jaːx.ˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
{They} could not
French
{Ils} ne purent
Spanish
{Ellos} no pudieron
Portuguese
{Eles} não puderam
German
{Sie} konnten nicht
Russian
{Они} не могли
Arabic-Simplified
ولم يقدر
Hindi
{वे} न सके
Chinese-Simplified
{他们}不能
Korean
{그들은} 할 수 없었다
Indonesian
{Mereka} tidak dapat
Bengali
{তারা} পারল না
Tagalog
at hindi nakayanan
Swahili
{Wao} hawakuweza
Amharic
{እነርሱ} አልቻሉም
Yoruba
{Wọn} kò lè
Igbo
{Ha} enweghị ike
Twi
{Wɔn} antumi
Ewe
{Wo} mate ŋu o

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Result
וְ + לֹֽא + יָכְ + ל֤וּ
ve + lo + yakh + lu
veloyakhlu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-lo-yakh-LU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-lo-yakh-LU e-KHAIV

  3. clause

    ve-lo-yakh-LU e-KHAIV la-a-NOT o-TO KI niv-ha-LU mip-pa-NAIV

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer yo-SEF el-e-KHAIV a-NI yo-SEF ha-OD a-VI KHAI ve-lo-yakh-LU e-KHAIV la-a-NOT o-TO KI niv-ha-LU mip-pa-NAIV

In contextGenesis 45:3

{He} said Joseph to his brothers I Joseph still my father alive {They} could not his brothers answer him for they were dismayed before him

About this coordinate

Genesis 45:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 45:3, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יָכְל֤וּ (veloyakhlu) 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.45.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.3.W9.S1) and character.