Genesis 8:6:5Gen.8.6.W5PAT

וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח

vayiftakh

opened

Transliteration
va-yif-TAKH
Extended
vah-yif-TAHKH
IPA
/waj.jif.ˈtaħ/

Meaning by language

English
opened
French
ouvrit
Spanish
abrió
Portuguese
abriu
German
öffnete
Russian
открыл
Arabic-Simplified
وفتح
Hindi
खोला
Chinese-Simplified
打开了
Korean
열었다
Indonesian
membuka
Bengali
খুলল
Tagalog
binuksan
Swahili
alifungua
Amharic
ከፈተ
Yoruba
ṣí
Igbo
megheere
Twi
buee
Ewe
ʋu

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Result
וַ + יִּפְ + תַּ֣ח
va + yif + takh
vayiftakh

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
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yif-TAKH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yif-TAKH NO-akh

  3. clause

    va-yif-TAKH NO-akh et-khal-LON hat-te-VA a-SHER a-SA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI mik-KETS ar-ba-IM YOM va-yif-TAKH NO-akh et-khal-LON hat-te-VA a-SHER a-SA

In contextGenesis 8:6

it happened at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the that had built ark

About this coordinate

Genesis 8:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 8:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּפְתַּ֣ח (vayiftakh) 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.8.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.8.6.W5.S1) and character.