Genesis 8:3:1Gen.8.3.W1PAT
וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ
vayashuvu
“{And} receded”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- vah-yah-SHOO-voo
- IPA
- /waj.jaː.ˈʃu.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} receded
- French
- {Et} refluèrent
- Spanish
- {Y} retrocedieron
- Portuguese
- {E} recuaram
- German
- {Und} zogen sich zurück
- Russian
- {И} отступили
- Arabic-Simplified
- {وَ}انْحَسَرَتْ
- Hindi
- {और} हट गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- {又}退去
- Korean
- {그리고} 물러갔다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} surut
- Bengali
- {এবং} সরে গেল
- Tagalog
- {At} umurong
- Swahili
- {Na} yalirudi nyuma
- Amharic
- {እና} ተመለሱ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} padà sẹ́yìn
- Igbo
- {Na} laghachiri azụ
- Twi
- {Na} san kɔɔ akyi
- Ewe
- {Eye} trɔ
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-SHU-vu
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets ha-LOKH va-SHOV
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-MA-yim me-AL ha-A-rets ha-LOKH va-SHOV va-yakh-se-RU ha-MA-yim mik-TSE kha-mi-SHIM u-me-AT YOM
In context — Genesis 8:3
the waters {And} receded from above the earth going and returning the waters {And} diminished from the end of fifty and a hundred days
About this coordinate
Genesis 8:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 8:3, so the Hebrew word וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ (vayashuvu) 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.8.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.3.W1.S1) and character.