Genesis 46:29:12Gen.46.29.W12PAT

וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ

vayevk

and he wept

Transliteration
va-YEVK
Extended
vah-YEHVK
IPA
/vaj.ˈjeːvk/

Meaning by language

English
and he wept
French
et il pleura
Spanish
y lloró
Portuguese
e chorou
German
und er weinte
Russian
и он плакал
Arabic-Simplified
وَبَكَى
Hindi
और वह रोया
Chinese-Simplified
并且他哭了
Korean
그리고 그가 울었다
Indonesian
dan ia menangis
Bengali
আর তিনি কাঁদলেন
Tagalog
at umiyak
Swahili
na akalia
Amharic
እና እርሱ አለቀሰ
Yoruba
ó sì sọkún
Igbo
o wee bee ákwá
Twi
na osuui
Ewe
eye avi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֥בְךְּ
va + yevk
vayevk

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YEVK

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YEVK al-tsav-va-RAV

  3. clause

    va-ye-RA e-LAV va-yi-POL al-tsav-va-RAV va-YEVK al-tsav-va-RAV OD

  4. sentence

    va-ye-e-SOR yo-SEF mer-kav-TO va-ya-AL lik-rat-yis-ra-EL a-VIV GOSH-na va-ye-RA e-LAV va-yi-POL al-tsav-va-RAV va-YEVK al-tsav-va-RAV OD

In contextGenesis 46:29

{And} readied Joseph his chariot and he went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen and he showed himself to him and he fell upon his neck and he wept upon his neck for a while

About this coordinate

Genesis 46:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 46:29, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (vayevk) 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.46.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.29.W12.S1) and character.