Genesis 48:17:1Gen.48.17.W1PAT
וַיַּ֣רְא
vayar
“{And} {he} saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /waj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} {he} saw
- French
- {Et} {il} vit
- Spanish
- {Y} {él} vio
- Portuguese
- {E} {ele} viu
- German
- {Und} {er} sah
- Russian
- {И} {он} увидел
- Arabic-Simplified
- ورأى
- Hindi
- {और} {उसने} देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- {并且} {他}看见了
- Korean
- {그리고} {그가} 보았다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} {ia} melihat
- Bengali
- {এবং} {সে} দেখল
- Tagalog
- at nakita
- Swahili
- {Na} aliona
- Amharic
- {እና} {እርሱ} አየ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} {ó} rí
- Igbo
- {Ma} {ọ} hụrụ
- Twi
- {Na} {ɔ} huu
- Ewe
- {Ke} {e} kpɔ
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR yo-SEF
- clause
va-YAR yo-SEF ki-ya-SHIT a-VEEV yad-ye-mi-NO al-ROSH ef-ra-YIM va-YE-ra be-ei-NAV
- sentence
va-YAR yo-SEF ki-ya-SHIT a-VEEV yad-ye-mi-NO al-ROSH ef-ra-YIM va-YE-ra be-ei-NAV va-yit-MOKH yad-a-VEEV le-ha-SIR o-TAH me-AL rosh-ef-ra-YIM al-ROSH me-na-SHE
In context — Genesis 48:17
{And} {he} saw Joseph that laid his father his right hand on the head of Ephraim {And} it was bad in his eyes he grasped the hand of his father to remove it from upon the head of Ephraim onto the head of Manasseh
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 48:17, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֣רְא (vayar) 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.48.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.17.W1.S1) and character.