Genesis 50:3:9Gen.50.3.W9PAT

וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ

vayivku

and they wept

Transliteration
va-yiv-KU
Extended
vah-yiv-KOO
IPA
/vaj.jiv.ˈkuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they wept
French
et ils pleurèrent
Spanish
y lloraron
Portuguese
e choraram
German
und sie beweinten
Russian
и они оплакивали
Arabic-Simplified
وَبَكَوْا
Hindi
और वे रोए
Chinese-Simplified
并哀哭了
Korean
그리고 그들은 울었다
Indonesian
dan mereka menangis
Bengali
এবং তারা কাঁদল
Tagalog
at tumangis sila
Swahili
na walilia
Amharic
እና አለቀሱ
Yoruba
wọn sì sọkún
Igbo
ha bere akwa
Twi
na wosuu
Ewe
eye wò avi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּבְ + כּ֥וּ
va + yiv + ku
vayivku

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yiv-KU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yiv-KU o-TO

  3. clause

    va-yiv-KU o-TO mits-RA-yim shiv-IM YOM

  4. sentence

    va-yim-le-u-LO ar-ba-IM YOM KI KEN yim-le-U ye-MEI ha-kha-nu-TIM va-yiv-KU o-TO mits-RA-yim shiv-IM YOM

In contextGenesis 50:3

and they completed for him forty day for thus they complete days of the embalming and they wept him Egypt seventy day

About this coordinate

Genesis 50:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 50:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּבְכּ֥וּ (vayivku) 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.50.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.50.3.W9.S1) and character.