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
- rí
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- hunuu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yir-U
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM KI to-VOT HEN-na
- 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 context — Genesis 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.