Genesis 50:2:1Gen.50.2.W1PAT

וַיְצַ֨ו

vayetsav

and he commanded

Transliteration
va-ye-TSAV
Extended
vah-yeh-TSAV
IPA
/vaj.əˈtsaw/

Meaning by language

English
and he commanded
French
et il ordonna
Spanish
y mandó
Portuguese
e ordenou
German
und befahl
Russian
и приказал
Arabic-Simplified
وأمر
Hindi
और आज्ञा दी
Chinese-Simplified
并吩咐
Korean
그리고 명령하였다
Indonesian
dan memerintahkan
Bengali
আর আদেশ দিলেন
Tagalog
at iniutos
Swahili
akaamuru
Amharic
እና አዘዘ
Yoruba
ó sì pàṣẹ
Igbo
o wee nye iwu
Twi
na ɔhyɛe
Ewe
eye ɖe se

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Result
וַ + יְ + צַ֨ו
va + ye + tsav
vayetsav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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  1. word

    va-ye-TSAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-TSAV yo-SEF et-a-va-DAIV

  3. clause

    va-ye-TSAV yo-SEF et-a-va-DAIV et-ha-rof-EEM la-kha-NOT et-a-VIV

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSAV yo-SEF et-a-va-DAIV et-ha-rof-EEM la-kha-NOT et-a-VIV va-ya-khan-TU ha-rof-EEM et-yis-ra-EL

In contextGenesis 50:2

and he commanded Joseph his servants the physicians to embalm his father and they embalmed the physicians Israel

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 50:2, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַ֨ו (vayetsav) 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.50.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.2.W1.S1) and character.