Genesis 47:31:4Gen.47.31.W4PAT
וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע
vayishshava
“he swore”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-sha-VA
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-shah-VAH
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ʃaː.ˈvaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he swore
- French
- il jura
- Spanish
- juró
- Portuguese
- ele jurou
- German
- er schwor
- Russian
- он поклялся
- Arabic-Simplified
- وحلف
- Hindi
- उसने शपथ खाई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他起了誓
- Korean
- 그가 맹세했다
- Indonesian
- ia bersumpah
- Bengali
- তিনি শপথ করলেন
- Tagalog
- at sumumpa siya
- Swahili
- akaapa
- Amharic
- መሐላ አደረገ
- Yoruba
- ó búra
- Igbo
- ọ ṅụrụ iyi
- Twi
- ɔkaa ntam
- Ewe
- edo da
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-sha-VA
- clause
va-YO-mer hish-sha-ve-A LI va-yish-sha-VA LO
- sentence
va-YO-mer hish-sha-ve-A LI va-yish-sha-VA LO va-yish-TA-khu yis-ra-EL al-ROSH ha-mit-TA
In context — Genesis 47:31
{And} he said swear to me he swore to him bowed himself Israel upon the head of the bed
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:31:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 47:31, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע (vayishshava) 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.47.31.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.31.W4.S1) and character.