Genesis 9:20:1Gen.9.20.W1PAT
וַיָּ֥חֶל
vayakhel
“began”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-KHEL
- Extended
- vah-yaa-KHEL
- IPA
- /vaj.jaː.ˈħɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- began
- French
- commença
- Spanish
- comenzó
- Portuguese
- começou
- German
- begann
- Russian
- начал
- Arabic-Simplified
- بدأ
- Hindi
- शুরু हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 开始
- Korean
- 시작하였다
- Indonesian
- mulai
- Bengali
- শুরু করল
- Tagalog
- nagsimula
- Swahili
- alianza
- Amharic
- ጀመረ
- Yoruba
- bẹ̀rẹ̀
- Igbo
- malitere
- Twi
- hyɛɛ ase
- Ewe
- dze gɔme
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יָּ֥ + חֶל
↓
va + ya + khel
↓
vayakhel
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' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-KHEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KHEL NO-akh
- clause
va-ya-KHEL NO-akh ISH ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
va-ya-KHEL NO-akh ISH ha-a-da-MA va-yit-TA KAR-em
In context — Genesis 9:20
Noah a man of the ground began planted a vineyard
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 9:20, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֥חֶל (vayakhel) 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.9.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.20.W1.S1) and character.