Genesis 45:4:6Gen.45.4.W6PAT
וַיִּגָּ֑שׁוּ
vayiggashu
“they came near”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-GA-shu
- Extended
- vah-yig-GAA-shoo
- IPA
- /waj.jigˈgaː.ʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they came near
- French
- ils s'approchèrent
- Spanish
- ellos se acercaron
- Portuguese
- eles se aproximaram
- German
- sie kamen näher
- Russian
- они приблизились
- Arabic-Simplified
- فاقتربوا
- Hindi
- वे पास आए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们走近
- Korean
- 그들이 가까이 왔다
- Indonesian
- mereka mendekat
- Bengali
- তারা কাছে এলো
- Tagalog
- at lumapit sila
- Swahili
- walikaribia
- Amharic
- እነርሱ ቀረቡ
- Yoruba
- wọn sunmọ
- Igbo
- ha bịarutere nso
- Twi
- wɔbɛn baa
- Ewe
- wo va te ŋu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yig-GA-shu
- clause
va-yo-MER yo-SEF el-e-KHAV ge-shu-NA e-LAI va-yig-GA-shu
- sentence
va-yo-MER yo-SEF el-e-KHAV ge-shu-NA e-LAI va-yig-GA-shu va-yo-MER a-NI yo-SEF a-khee-KHEM a-sher-me-khar-TEM o-TI mits-rai-MAH
In context — Genesis 45:4
{He} said Joseph to his brothers come near please to me they came near he said I am Joseph your brother that you sold me into Egypt
About this coordinate
Genesis 45:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 45:4, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגָּ֑שׁוּ (vayiggashu) 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.45.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.45.4.W6.S1) and character.