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

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Result
וַ + יִּ֥ + בֶן
va + yi + ven
vayiven

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yi-VEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yi-VEN NO-akh

  3. clause

    va-yi-VEN NO-akh miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.