Genesis 47:31:6Gen.47.31.W6PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ
vayishtakhu
“bowed himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-TA-khu
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-TAH-khoo
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ˈta.ħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bowed himself
- French
- se prosterna
- Spanish
- se postró
- Portuguese
- prostrou-se
- German
- warf sich nieder
- Russian
- поклонился
- Arabic-Simplified
- وسجد
- Hindi
- दण्डवत किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 下拜了
- Korean
- 몸을 굽혀 절했다
- Indonesian
- bersujud
- Bengali
- প্রণাম করলেন
- Tagalog
- at yumukod
- Swahili
- akasujudu
- Amharic
- ሰገደ
- Yoruba
- foríbalẹ̀
- Igbo
- kpọrọ isiala
- Twi
- kotowee
- Ewe
- de bubu
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-TA-khu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-TA-khu yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yish-TA-khu yis-ra-EL al-ROSH ha-mit-TA
- 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 47:31:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 47:31, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (vayishtakhu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.31.W6.S1) and character.