Genesis 9:21:1Gen.9.21.W1PAT
וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ
vayesht
“he drank”
- Transliteration
- va-YESHT
- Extended
- vah-YEHSHT
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjeːʃt/
Meaning by language
- English
- he drank
- French
- il but
- Spanish
- él bebió
- Portuguese
- ele bebeu
- German
- er trank
- Russian
- он выпил
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَشَرِبَ
- Hindi
- उसने पिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他喝了
- Korean
- 그가 마셨다
- Indonesian
- ia minum
- Bengali
- সে পান করল
- Tagalog
- uminom siya
- Swahili
- alikunywa
- Amharic
- እርሱ ጠጣ
- Yoruba
- ó mu
- Igbo
- ọ ṅụrụ
- Twi
- ɔnom
- Ewe
- e no
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + יֵּ֥שְׁתְּ
↓
va + yesht
↓
vayesht
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YESHT
- phraseyour reading level
va-YESHT min-ha-YA-yin
- clause
va-YESHT min-ha-YA-yin va-yish-KAR
- sentence
va-YESHT min-ha-YA-yin va-yish-KAR va-yit-GAL be-TOKH a-ho-LO
In context — Genesis 9:21
he drank from the wine he became drunk he exposed himself within his tent
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 9:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ (vayesht) 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.9.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.21.W1.S1) and character.