Genesis 47:7:8Gen.47.7.W8PAT

וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ

vayevarekh

{He} blessed

Transliteration
va-ye-va-REKH
Extended
vah-yeh-vah-REHkh
IPA
/waj.ə.vaː.ˈrɛx/

Meaning by language

English
{He} blessed
French
{Il} bénit
Spanish
{Él} bendijo
Portuguese
{Ele} abençoou
German
{Er} segnete
Russian
{Он} благословил
Arabic-Simplified
وبارك
Hindi
{वह} आशीर्वाद दिया
Chinese-Simplified
{他}祝福了
Korean
{그가} 축복하였다
Indonesian
{Ia} memberkati
Bengali
{তিনি} আশীর্বাদ করলেন
Tagalog
at binasbasan
Swahili
akambariki
Amharic
{እርሱ} ባረከ
Yoruba
{Ó} bùkún
Igbo
{Ọ} gọziri
Twi
{Ɔ} hyiraa
Ewe
{E} yra

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Result
וַ + יְ + בָ֥ + רֶךְ
va + ye + va + rekh
vayevarekh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
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-ye-va-REKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-va-REKH ya-a-KOV

  3. clause

    va-ye-va-REKH ya-a-KOV et-par-O

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VE yo-SEF et-ya-a-KOV a-VIV va-ya-a-mi-DE-hu lif-NEI far-O va-ye-va-REKH ya-a-KOV et-par-O

In contextGenesis 47:7

{He} brought in Joseph Jacob his father He set him before Pharaoh {He} blessed Jacob Pharaoh

About this coordinate

Genesis 47:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 47:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ (vayevarekh) 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.47.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.7.W8.S1) and character.