Genesis 8:12:1Gen.8.12.W1PAT
וַיִּיָּ֣חֶל
vayiyakhel
“waited”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-YA-khel
- Extended
- vah-yih-YAA-khehl
- IPA
- /waj.ji.ˈjaː.ħɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- waited
- French
- attendit
- Spanish
- esperó
- Portuguese
- esperou
- German
- wartete
- Russian
- ждал
- Arabic-Simplified
- انتظر
- Hindi
- प्रतीक्षा की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 等待了
- Korean
- 기다렸다
- Indonesian
- menunggu
- Bengali
- অপেক্ষা করল
- Tagalog
- naghintay
- Swahili
- akangoja
- Amharic
- ጠበቀ
- Yoruba
- dúró de
- Igbo
- chere
- Twi
- ɔtwɛn
- Ewe
- élala
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-yi-YA-khel
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-YA-khel OD
- clause
va-yi-YA-khel OD shiv-AT ya-MIM a-khe-RIM
- sentence
va-yi-YA-khel OD shiv-AT ya-MIM a-khe-RIM va-ye-shal-LAKH et-ha-yo-NA ve-lo-ya-se-FA shuv-e-LAV OD
In context — Genesis 8:12
waited again seven other days sent the dove anymore did not continue to return to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 8:12, so the Hebrew word וַיִּיָּ֣חֶל (vayiyakhel) 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.8.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.12.W1.S1) and character.