Genesis 8:2:6Gen.8.2.W6PAT
וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א
vayikkale
“was held back”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ka-LE
- Extended
- vah-yik-kah-LEH
- IPA
- /waj.jik.kaː.ˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was held back
- French
- fut retenue
- Spanish
- fue retenida
- Portuguese
- foi retida
- German
- wurde zurückgehalten
- Russian
- был задержан
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَمُنِعَ
- Hindi
- रोकी गई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 被拦住了
- Korean
- 억제되었다
- Indonesian
- ditahan
- Bengali
- রোধ করা হল
- Tagalog
- at napigilan
- Swahili
- ilizuiliwa
- Amharic
- ተከለከለ
- Yoruba
- ni a da duro
- Igbo
- egbochiri
- Twi
- siiw ano
- Ewe
- dzudzɔ
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-ka-LE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ka-LE ha-GE-shem
- clause
va-yik-ka-LE ha-GE-shem min-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 8:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 8:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א (vayikkale) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.2.W6.S1) and character.