Genesis 8:3:7Gen.8.3.W7PAT
וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ
vayakhseru
“{And} diminished”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-se-RU
- Extended
- vah-yakh-seh-ROO
- IPA
- /waj.jaħ.sə.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} diminished
- French
- {Et} diminuèrent
- Spanish
- {Y} disminuyeron
- Portuguese
- {E} diminuíram
- German
- {Und} nahmen ab
- Russian
- {И} уменьшились
- Arabic-Simplified
- {وَ}قَلَّتْ
- Hindi
- {और} घट गए
- Chinese-Simplified
- {又}减少
- Korean
- {그리고} 줄어들었다
- Indonesian
- {Dan} berkurang
- Bengali
- {এবং} কমে গেল
- Tagalog
- {At} nabawasan
- Swahili
- {Na} yalipungua
- Amharic
- {እና} ቀነሱ
- Yoruba
- {Ati} dínkù
- Igbo
- {Na} belatara
- Twi
- {Na} tewee
- Ewe
- {Eye} sue
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| 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-yakh-se-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yakh-se-RU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yakh-se-RU ha-MA-yim mik-TSE kha-mi-SHIM u-me-AT YOM
- 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 8:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 8:3, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ (vayakhseru) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.3.W7.S1) and character.