Genesis 8:20:1Gen.8.20.W1PAT
וַיִּ֥בֶן
vayiven
“constructed”
- Transliteration
- va-yi-VEN
- Extended
- vah-yih-VEHN
- IPA
- /vaj.ji.ˈvɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- constructed
- French
- érigea
- Spanish
- erigió
- Portuguese
- ergueu
- German
- errichtete
- Russian
- соорудил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَبَنَى
- Hindi
- निर्माण किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 建起了
- Korean
- 세웠다
- Indonesian
- membangun
- Bengali
- নির্মাণ করল
- Tagalog
- nagtayo
- Swahili
- alijenga
- Amharic
- ገነባ
- Yoruba
- kọ́
- Igbo
- wuru
- Twi
- sii
- Ewe
- 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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yi-VEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN NO-akh
- clause
va-yi-VEN NO-akh miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-VEN NO-akh miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH va-yi-KAKH mi-KOL ha-be-he-MAH hat-te-ho-RAH u-mi-KOL ha-OF hat-ta-HOR va-ya-AL o-LOT bam-miz-BE-akh
In context — Genesis 8:20
Noah constructed an altar for the LORD took from each pure animal and from each pure bird raised up burnt offerings upon the altar
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 8:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּ֥בֶן (vayiven) 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.8.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.20.W1.S1) and character.