Genesis 8:2:1Gen.8.2.W1PAT
וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙
vayissakheru
“{And} were shut”
- Transliteration
- va-yis-sa-khe-RU
- Extended
- vah-yis-sah-kheh-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.jis.saː.xə.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} were shut
- French
- {Et} furent fermées
- Spanish
- {Y} fueron cerradas
- Portuguese
- {E} foram fechadas
- German
- {Und} wurden verschlossen
- Russian
- {и} были закрыты
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَأُغْلِقَتْ
- Hindi
- {और} बंद किए गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- {和}被关闭了
- Korean
- {그리고} 닫혔다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} ditutup
- Bengali
- {এবং} বন্ধ করা হল
- Tagalog
- at naisara
- Swahili
- {na} zilifungwa
- Amharic
- {እና} ተዘጉ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} ni a pa mọ́
- Igbo
- {Na} emechiri
- Twi
- too mu
- Ewe
- {Kple} tu
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yis-sa-khe-RU
- clause
va-yis-sa-khe-RU ma-ye-NOT te-HOM va-a-rub-BOT ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yis-sa-khe-RU ma-ye-NOT te-HOM va-a-rub-BOT ha-sha-MA-yim va-yik-ka-LE ha-GE-shem min-ha-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 8:2
springs of the deep and windows of the heavens {And} were shut the rain was held back from the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 8:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ (vayissakheru) 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.8.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.2.W1.S1) and character.