Genesis 50:18:1Gen.50.18.W1PAT
וַיֵּלְכוּ֙
vayelkhu
“and they came”
- Transliteration
- va-yel-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yehl-KHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jeːl.ˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they came
- French
- et ils vinrent
- Spanish
- y vinieron
- Portuguese
- e vieram
- German
- und sie kamen
- Russian
- и они пришли
- Arabic-Simplified
- وجاءوا
- Hindi
- और वे आए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们来了
- Korean
- 그리고 그들은 왔다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka datang
- Bengali
- আর তারা এল
- Tagalog
- at sila ay dumating
- Swahili
- na wakaja
- Amharic
- እና መጡ
- Yoruba
- àti wọ́n wá
- Igbo
- ha wee bịa
- Twi
- na wɔbaa
- Ewe
- eye va
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yel-KHU
- clause
va-yel-KHU gam-e-KHAV va-yip-pe-LU le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-yel-KHU gam-e-KHAV va-yip-pe-LU le-fa-NAV va-yom-RU hin-NEN-nu le-KHA la-a-va-DIM
In context — Genesis 50:18
and they came also his brothers and they fell down before him and they said here we are to you as servants
About this coordinate
Genesis 50:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 50:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ (vayelkhu) 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.50.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.18.W1.S1) and character.