Genesis 48:2:11Gen.48.2.W11PAT
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב
vayeshev
“he sat”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-shev
- Extended
- vah-YEH-shehv
- IPA
- /vajˈjeː.ʃɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he sat
- French
- il s'assit
- Spanish
- se sentó
- Portuguese
- sentou-se
- German
- setste sich
- Russian
- сел
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَجَلَسَ
- Hindi
- वह बैठा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 坐下了
- Korean
- 그가 앉았다
- Indonesian
- ia duduk
- Bengali
- তিনি বসলেন
- Tagalog
- umupo siya
- Swahili
- akaketi
- Amharic
- ተቀመጠ
- Yoruba
- ó jókòó
- Igbo
- ọ nọdụrụ
- Twi
- ɔtenaa
- Ewe
- nɔ anyi
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-shev
- clause
va-yit-kha-ZEK yis-ra-EL va-YE-shev al-ha-mit-TA
- sentence
va-yag-GED le-ya-a-KOV va-YO-mer hin-NE bin-KHA yo-SEF BA e-LE-kha va-yit-kha-ZEK yis-ra-EL va-YE-shev al-ha-mit-TA
In context — Genesis 48:2
{And} it was told to Jacob he said behold your son Joseph has come to you {And} strengthened himself Israel he sat on the bed
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 48:2, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (vayeshev) 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.48.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.2.W11.S1) and character.