Genesis 50:16:1Gen.50.16.W1PAT
וַיְצַוּ֕וּ
vayetsavvu
“and they commanded”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-tsav-VU
- Extended
- vah-yeh-tsahv-VOO
- IPA
- /vajə.tsaw.ˈwuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they commanded
- French
- et ils ordonnèrent
- Spanish
- y mandaron
- Portuguese
- e ordenaram
- German
- und sie befahlen
- Russian
- и они повелели
- Arabic-Simplified
- وأوصَوا
- Hindi
- और उन्होंने आज्ञा दी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们就吩咐
- Korean
- 그리고 그들은 명령하였다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka memerintahkan
- Bengali
- আর তারা আদেশ দিল
- Tagalog
- at sila ay nag-utos
- Swahili
- na wakaagiza
- Amharic
- እነርሱም አዘዙ
- Yoruba
- wọn sì pàṣẹ
- Igbo
- ha nyere iwu
- Twi
- na wɔhyɛe
- Ewe
- eye woda se
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְצַ + וּ֕ + וּ
↓
va + ye + tsav + vu
↓
vayetsavvu
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-tsav-VU
- clause
va-ye-tsav-VU el-yo-SEF le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-tsav-VU el-yo-SEF le-MOR a-VI-kha tsiv-VA lif-NEI mo-TO le-MOR
In context — Genesis 50:16
and they commanded to Joseph saying your father commanded before his death saying
About this coordinate
Genesis 50:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 50:16, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַוּ֕וּ (vayetsavvu) 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.50.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.16.W1.S1) and character.