Genesis 50:25:1Gen.50.25.W1PAT

וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע

vayashba

and made swear

Transliteration
va-yash-BA
Extended
vah-yash-BAH
IPA
/vaj.jaʃ.ˈbaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
and made swear
French
et fit jurer
Spanish
e hizo jurar
Portuguese
e fez jurar
German
und ließ schwören
Russian
и заставил поклясться
Arabic-Simplified
وَاسْتَحْلَفَ
Hindi
और शपथ दिलाई
Chinese-Simplified
并叫起誓
Korean
그리고 맹세하게 했다
Indonesian
dan menyuruh bersumpah
Bengali
এবং শপথ করালেন
Tagalog
at pinasumpa
Swahili
akawaapisha
Amharic
አስማለ
Yoruba
ó sì mú kí wọ́n búra
Igbo
wee mee ka ha ṅụọ iyi
Twi
na maa kaa ntam
Ewe
eye be woaka atam

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יַּשְׁ + בַּ֣ע
va + yash + ba
vayashba

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yash-BA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yash-BA yo-SEF

  3. clause

    va-yash-BA yo-SEF et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-yash-BA yo-SEF et-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-MOR pa-KOD yif-KOD e-lo-HIM et-KHEM ve-ha-a-li-TEM et-ats-mo-TAI mi-ZEH

In contextGenesis 50:25

and made swear Joseph the sons of Israel saying surely visit will visit God you and you shall bring up my bones from here

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 50:25, so the Hebrew word וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע (vayashba) 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.50.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.25.W1.S1) and character.