Genesis 47:20:1Gen.47.20.W1PAT

וַיִּ֨קֶן

vayiken

{And} bought

Transliteration
va-yi-KEN
Extended
vah-yih-KEN
IPA
/waj.ji.ˈqɛn/

Meaning by language

English
{And} bought
French
{Et} acheta
Spanish
{Y} compró
Portuguese
{E} comprou
German
{Und} kaufte
Russian
{И} купил
Arabic-Simplified
واشترى
Hindi
{और} खरीदा
Chinese-Simplified
{就} 买了
Korean
{그리고} 샀다
Indonesian
{Dan} membeli
Bengali
{আর} কিনল
Tagalog
at binili
Swahili
{Na} alinunua
Amharic
{እና} ገዛ
Yoruba
{Ati} rà
Igbo
{Ma} zụtara
Twi
{Na} tɔɔ
Ewe
{Eye} xɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּ֨ + קֶן
va + yi + ken
vayiken

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-KEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-KEN yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-yi-KEN yo-SEF et-kol-ad-MAT mits-RA-yim le-far-OH ki-makh-RU mits-RA-yim ISH sa-DE-hu ki-kha-ZAK a-le-HEM ha-ra-AV

  4. sentence

    va-yi-KEN yo-SEF et-kol-ad-MAT mits-RA-yim le-far-OH ki-makh-RU mits-RA-yim ISH sa-DE-hu ki-kha-ZAK a-le-HEM ha-ra-AV va-te-HI ha-A-rets le-far-OH

In contextGenesis 47:20

{And} bought Joseph all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh because sold the Egyptians each man his field because was severe upon them the famine {And} became the land the property of Pharaoh

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 47:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֨קֶן (vayiken) 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.47.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.20.W1.S1) and character.