Genesis 9:23:10Gen.9.23.W10PAT

וַיְכַסּ֕וּ

vayekhasu

covered

Transliteration
va-ye-kha-SU
Extended
vah-yeh-khah-SOO
IPA
/waj.jə.xasˈsuː/

Meaning by language

English
covered
French
couvrirent
Spanish
cubrieron
Portuguese
cobriram
German
bedeckten
Russian
покрыли
Arabic-Simplified
سَتَرَا
Hindi
ढाँक दिया
Chinese-Simplified
遮盖了
Korean
덮었다
Indonesian
menutupi
Bengali
ঢাকল
Tagalog
tinakpan
Swahili
walifunika
Amharic
ሸፈኑ
Yoruba
bo
Igbo
kpuchiri
Twi
kataa so
Ewe
tsɔ̃

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְ + כַ + סּ֕וּ
va + ye + kha + su
vayekhasu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Samekhs as in sit
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-kha-SU

  2. clause

    va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM

  3. sentence

    va-yi-KAKH SHEM va-YE-fet ET-ha-sim-LA va-ya-SI-mu al-she-KHEM sheh-nee-HEM va-ye-le-KHU a-KHO-ra-NIT va-ye-kha-SU ET ehr-VAT a-vi-HEM u-fe-NEE-HEM a-KHO-ra-NIT ve-er-VAT a-vi-HEM LO ra-U

In contextGenesis 9:23

Shem and Japheth took the garment placed on the shoulders of both of them went backward covered nakedness of their father and their faces backward and nakedness of their father did not see

About this coordinate

Genesis 9:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 9:23, so the Hebrew word וַיְכַסּ֕וּ (vayekhasu) 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.9.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.23.W10.S1) and character.