Genesis 6:2:1Gen.6.2.W1PAT

וַיִּרְא֤וּ

vayiru

saw

Transliteration
va-yir-U
Extended
vah-yir-OO
IPA
/vaj.jir.ˈʔuː/

Meaning by language

English
saw
French
virent
Spanish
vieron
Portuguese
viram
German
sahen
Russian
увидели
Arabic-Simplified
رَأَوْا
Hindi
देखीं
Chinese-Simplified
看见了
Korean
보았다
Indonesian
melihat
Bengali
দেখল
Tagalog
nakita
Swahili
waliona
Amharic
አዩ
Yoruba
Igbo
hụrụ
Twi
hunuu
Ewe
kpɔ

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Result
וַ + יִּרְ + א֤וּ
va + yir + u
vayiru

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
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yir-U

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM KI to-VOT HEN-na

  4. sentence

    va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM KI to-VOT HEN-na va-yik-KHU la-HEM na-SHIM mi-KOL a-SHER ba-kha-RU

In contextGenesis 6:2

the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind that beautiful they took for themselves wives from all whom chose

About this coordinate

Genesis 6:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 6:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְא֤וּ (vayiru) 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.6.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.2.W1.S1) and character.