Genesis 5:6:1Gen.5.6.W1PAT
וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֕ת
vayekhishet
“Seth lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khi-SHET
- Extended
- vah-yeh-khee-SHEHT
- IPA
- /wajəħiː.ˈʃeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- Seth lived
- French
- Seth vécut
- Spanish
- Seth vivió
- Portuguese
- Seth viveu
- German
- Seth lebte
- Russian
- Сиф жил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وعاش شيث
- Hindi
- शेत जीवित रहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 塞特活了
- Korean
- 셋이 살았다
- Indonesian
- Seth hidup
- Bengali
- সেথ বেঁচে ছিল
- Tagalog
- nabuhay si Seth
- Swahili
- Sethi aliishi
- Amharic
- ሴት ኖረ
- Yoruba
- Seti wà láàyè
- Igbo
- Set biri ndụ
- Twi
- Set tenaa ase
- Ewe
- Set le agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַֽ + יְ + חִי + שֵׁ֕ת
↓
va + ye + khi + shet
↓
vayekhishet
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-khi-SHET
- clause
va-ye-khi-SHET kha-MESH sha-NIM u-me-AT sha-NA
- sentence
va-ye-khi-SHET kha-MESH sha-NIM u-me-AT sha-NA va-YO-led et-e-NOSH
In context — Genesis 5:6
Seth lived five years and a hundred year fathered Enosh
About this coordinate
Genesis 5:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 5:6, so the Hebrew word וַֽיְחִי־שֵׁ֕ת (vayekhishet) 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.5.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.5.6.W1.S1) and character.