Genesis 8:15:1Gen.8.15.W1PAT
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר
vayedabber
“spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-dab-BER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-dahb-BEHR
- IPA
- /wa.jə.ðab.ˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- spoke
- French
- parla
- Spanish
- habló
- Portuguese
- falou
- German
- sprach
- Russian
- сказал
- Arabic-Simplified
- تكلّم
- Hindi
- कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말씀하셨다
- Indonesian
- berfirman
- Bengali
- বললেন
- Tagalog
- nagsalita
- Swahili
- alinena
- Amharic
- ተናገረ
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- gwara
- Twi
- ka kyerɛɛ
- Ewe
- ƒo nu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יְ + דַב + בֵּ֥ר
↓
va + ye + dab + ber
↓
vayedabber
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-dab-BER e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ye-dab-BER e-lo-HIM el-NO-akh le-MOR
In context — Genesis 8:15
God spoke to Noah saying
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 8:15, so the Hebrew word וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedabber) 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.8.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.15.W1.S1) and character.