Genesis 50:15:1Gen.50.15.W1PAT

וַיִּרְא֤וּ

vayiru

and saw

Transliteration
va-yir-U
Extended
vah-yihr-OO
IPA
/vaj.jir.ˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
and saw
French
et virent
Spanish
y vieron
Portuguese
e viram
German
und sie sahen
Russian
и увидели
Arabic-Simplified
وَرَأَوْا
Hindi
और उन्होंने देखा
Chinese-Simplified
就看见
Korean
그리고 그들은 보았다
Indonesian
dan mereka melihat
Bengali
আর তারা দেখল
Tagalog
at nakita nila
Swahili
na wakaona
Amharic
እነርሱም አዩ
Yoruba
wọn sì rí
Igbo
ha wee hụ
Twi
na wohunuu
Ewe
eye wokpɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּרְ + א֤וּ
va + yir + u
vayiru

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yir-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yir-U a-KHEI-yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-yir-U a-KHEI-yo-SEF ki-MET a-vi-HEM va-yo-MRU LU yis-te-ME-nu yo-SEF

  4. sentence

    va-yir-U a-KHEI-yo-SEF ki-MET a-vi-HEM va-yo-MRU LU yis-te-ME-nu yo-SEF ve-ha-SHEV ya-SHIV la-NU ET kol-ha-ra-AH a-SHER ga-MAL-nu o-TO

In contextGenesis 50:15

and saw the brothers of Joseph that was dead their father and they said perhaps he will hate us Joseph and surely repay he will repay to us all the evil that we did him

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 50:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֤וּ (vayiru) 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.50.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.15.W1.S1) and character.