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

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Result
וַ + יֵּ֖ + שֶׁב
va + ye + shev
vayeshev

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YE-shev

  2. clause

    va-yit-kha-ZEK yis-ra-EL va-YE-shev al-ha-mit-TA

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.