Genesis 50:1:5Gen.50.1.W5PAT

וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ

vayevk

and wept

Transliteration
va-YEVK
Extended
vah-YEHVK
IPA
/vaj.ˈjeːvk/

Meaning by language

English
and wept
French
et pleura
Spanish
y lloró
Portuguese
e chorou
German
und weinte
Russian
и плакал
Arabic-Simplified
وَبَكَى
Hindi
और रोया
Chinese-Simplified
并哭了
Korean
그리고 울었다
Indonesian
dan menangis
Bengali
এবং কাঁদল
Tagalog
at umiyak
Swahili
akalia
Amharic
እና አለቀሰ
Yoruba
sì sọ̀kún
Igbo
wee bee akwa
Twi
na ɔsuu
Ewe
eye avi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֵּ֥בְךְּ
va + yevk
vayevk

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-YEVK

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YEVK a-LAV

  3. clause

    va-YEVK a-LAV va-yish-SHAK-lo

  4. sentence

    va-yip-POL yo-SEF al-pe-NEI a-VIV va-YEVK a-LAV va-yish-SHAK-lo

In contextGenesis 50:1

and fell Joseph upon the face of his father and wept over him and kissed him

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 50:1, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ (vayevk) 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.50.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.1.W5.S1) and character.