Genesis 7:17:8Gen.7.17.W8PAT
וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙
vayisoo
“lifted up”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-OO
- Extended
- vah-yihs-OO
- IPA
- /waj.jisˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lifted up
- French
- soulevèrent
- Spanish
- alzaron
- Portuguese
- ergueram
- German
- hoben empor
- Russian
- подняли
- Arabic-Simplified
- رفعت
- Hindi
- उठाई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 托起
- Korean
- 들어 올렸다
- Indonesian
- mengangkat
- Bengali
- তুলল
- Tagalog
- itinaas
- Swahili
- yaliinua
- Amharic
- አነሱ
- Yoruba
- gbé sókè
- Igbo
- buliri
- Twi
- maa so
- Ewe
- tsɔ yi dzi
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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-yis-OO
- clause
va-yir-BU ham-MA-yim va-yis-OO et-ha-te-VA va-TA-ram me-AL ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-mma-BUL ar-ba-EEM YOM al-ha-A-rets va-yir-BU ham-MA-yim va-yis-OO et-ha-te-VA va-TA-ram me-AL ha-A-rets
In context — Genesis 7:17
the flood lasted forty days upon the earth the waters increased lifted up the ark rose above the earth
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 7:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ (vayisoo) 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.7.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.17.W8.S1) and character.