Genesis 50:17:18Gen.50.17.W18PAT
וַיֵּ֥בְךְּ
vayevk
“and he wept”
- Transliteration
- va-YEVK
- Extended
- vah-YEHVK
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjevk/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he wept
- French
- et pleura
- Spanish
- y lloró
- Portuguese
- e chorou
- German
- und er weinte
- Russian
- и заплакал
- Arabic-Simplified
- وبكى
- Hindi
- और रोया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 就哭了
- Korean
- 그리고 울었다
- Indonesian
- dan ia menangis
- Bengali
- আর তিনি কেঁদেছিলেন
- Tagalog
- at umiyak
- Swahili
- naye akalia
- Amharic
- እርሱም አለቀሰ
- Yoruba
- o si sunkun
- Igbo
- o wee bee akwa
- Twi
- na osuu
- Ewe
- eye avi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YEVK
- phraseyour reading level
va-YEVK yo-SEF
- clause
va-YEVK yo-SEF be-dab-RAM e-LAV
- sentence
KO-to-me-RU le-yo-SEF a-NA SA NA PE-sha a-KHE-kha ve-kha-ta-TAM ki-ra-A ge-ma-LU-kha ve-a-TA SA NA le-FE-sha av-DEI e-lo-HEI a-VI-kha va-YEVK yo-SEF be-dab-RAM e-LAV
In context — Genesis 50:17
thus you shall say to Joseph please forgive please the transgression of your brothers and their sin because evil they dealt to you and now forgive please for the transgression of the servants of the God of your father and he wept Joseph in their speaking to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 50:17:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 50:17, 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.50.17.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.17.W18.S1) and character.