Genesis 7:21:1Gen.7.21.W1PAT

וַיִּגְוַ֞ע

vayigva

perished

Transliteration
va-yig-VA
Extended
vah-yig-VAH
IPA
/vaj.jiɣˈwaʕ/

Meaning by language

English
perished
French
périt
Spanish
pereció
Portuguese
pereceu
German
starb
Russian
умерла
Arabic-Simplified
وَمَاتَ
Hindi
मर गई
Chinese-Simplified
死了
Korean
죽었다
Indonesian
mati
Bengali
মরে গেল
Tagalog
at namatay
Swahili
ilikufa
Amharic
ሞተ
Yoruba
Igbo
nwụrụ
Twi
wui
Ewe
ku

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּגְ + וַ֞ע
va + yig + va
vayigva

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
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yig-VA

  2. clause

    va-yig-VA kol-ba-SAR ha-ro-MES al-ha-A-rets ba-OF u-va-be-he-MA u-va-khai-YA u-ve-khol-ha-SHE-rets ha-sho-RETS al-ha-A-rets

  3. sentence

    va-yig-VA kol-ba-SAR ha-ro-MES al-ha-A-rets ba-OF u-va-be-he-MA u-va-khai-YA u-ve-khol-ha-SHE-rets ha-sho-RETS al-ha-A-rets ve-KHOL ha-a-DAM

In contextGenesis 7:21

all flesh that moves upon the earth perished among the birds and in the livestock and in the wild animal and in every swarming creature that swarms upon the earth and all humankind

About this coordinate

Genesis 7:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 7:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגְוַ֞ע (vayigva) 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.7.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.21.W1.S1) and character.