Genesis 48:17:8Gen.48.17.W8PAT

וַיֵּ֣רַע

vayera

{And} it was bad

Transliteration
va-YE-ra
Extended
vah-YEH-rah
IPA
/waj.ˈje.raʕ/

Meaning by language

English
{And} it was bad
French
{Et} ce fut mauvais
Spanish
{Y} fue malo
Portuguese
{E} foi mau
German
{Und} es war schlecht
Russian
{И} это было плохо
Arabic-Simplified
وساء
Hindi
{और} यह बुरा था
Chinese-Simplified
{并且} 这不好
Korean
{그리고} 그것이 나빴다
Indonesian
{Dan} itu buruk
Bengali
{এবং} তা মন্দ হল
Tagalog
at naging masama
Swahili
{Na} ilikuwa mbaya
Amharic
{እና} ክፉ ሆነ
Yoruba
{Ati} ó burú
Igbo
{Ma} ọ dị njọ
Twi
{Na} ɛyɛɛ bɔne
Ewe
{Ke} eʋɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֣ + רַע
va + ye + ra
vayera

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-ra

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YE-ra be-ei-NAV

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 48:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 48:17, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֣רַע (vayera) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.17.W8.S1) and character.