Genesis 9:21:3Gen.9.21.W3PAT

וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר

vayishkar

he became drunk

Transliteration
va-yish-KAR
Extended
vah-yish-KAAR
IPA
/vaj.jiʃ.ˈkaːr/

Meaning by language

English
he became drunk
French
il s'enivra
Spanish
él se embriagó
Portuguese
ele se embriagou
German
er wurde betrunken
Russian
он опьянел
Arabic-Simplified
وَسَكِرَ
Hindi
वह मतवाला हो गया
Chinese-Simplified
他醉了
Korean
그가 취하였다
Indonesian
ia menjadi mabuk
Bengali
সে মাতাল হল
Tagalog
nalasing siya
Swahili
akalewa
Amharic
እርሱ ሰከረ
Yoruba
ó mutí yó
Igbo
ọ ṅụbigara mmanya
Twi
ɔbowee
Ewe
eʋu aha

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יִּשְׁ + כָּ֑ר
va + yish + kar
vayishkar

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
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yish-KAR

  2. clause

    va-YESHT min-ha-YA-yin va-yish-KAR

  3. sentence

    va-YESHT min-ha-YA-yin va-yish-KAR va-yit-GAL be-TOKH a-ho-LO

In contextGenesis 9:21

he drank from the wine he became drunk he exposed himself within his tent

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 9:21, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר (vayishkar) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.21.W3.S1) and character.