Genesis 48:12:6Gen.48.12.W6PAT
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ
vayishtakhu
“He prostrated himself”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yish-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /waj.jiʃ.ta.ˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- He prostrated himself
- French
- Il se prosterna
- Spanish
- Él se postró
- Portuguese
- Ele se prostrou
- German
- Er warf sich nieder
- Russian
- Он поклонился
- Arabic-Simplified
- سَجَدَ
- Hindi
- उसने दण्डवत किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他下拜
- Korean
- 그가 엎드려 절하였다
- Indonesian
- Ia bersujud
- Bengali
- তিনি প্রণাম করলেন
- Tagalog
- nagpatirapa
- Swahili
- Yeye alisujudu
- Amharic
- እርሱ ሰገደ
- Yoruba
- Ó dojúbolẹ̀
- Igbo
- Ọ kpọrọ isiala
- Twi
- Ɔkotowee
- Ewe
- Ede ta ado
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 le-ap-PAV
- clause
va-yish-ta-KHU le-ap-PAV ar-TSA
- sentence
va-yo-TSE yo-SEF o-TAM me-IM bir-KAV va-yish-ta-KHU le-ap-PAV ar-TSA
In context — Genesis 48:12
{He} removed Joseph them from his knees He prostrated himself his face toward the ground
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 48:12, 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.48.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.12.W6.S1) and character.