Genesis 8:10:1Gen.8.10.W1PAT
וַיָּ֣חֶל
vayakhel
“he tarried”
- Transliteration
- va-YA-khel
- Extended
- vah-YAA-khehl
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjaː.ħɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- he tarried
- French
- il patienta
- Spanish
- aguardó
- Portuguese
- aguardou
- German
- harrte
- Russian
- медлил
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَكَثَ
- Hindi
- ठहरा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 耽延了
- Korean
- 머물렀다
- Indonesian
- menunggu
- Bengali
- অপেক্ষা করল
- Tagalog
- naghintay
- Swahili
- alingoja
- Amharic
- ቆየ
- Yoruba
- ó dúró
- Igbo
- ọ chere
- Twi
- twɛn
- Ewe
- elala
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יָּ֣ + חֶל
↓
va + ya + khel
↓
vayakhel
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YA-khel
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-khel OD
- clause
va-YA-khel OD shiv-AT ya-MEEM a-khe-REEM
- sentence
va-YA-khel OD shiv-AT ya-MEEM a-khe-REEM va-YO-sef shal-LAKH et-ha-yo-NA min-ha-te-VA
In context — Genesis 8:10
he tarried yet seven days more once more released the dove from the ark
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 8:10, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֣חֶל (vayakhel) 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.8.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.10.W1.S1) and character.