Genesis 9:27:4Gen.9.27.W4PAT
וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן
veyishkon
“may settle”
- Transliteration
- ve-yish-KON
- Extended
- veh-yihsh-KOHN
- IPA
- /wə.jiʃ.ˈkoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- may settle
- French
- habite
- Spanish
- habite
- Portuguese
- habite
- German
- wohne
- Russian
- да поселится
- Arabic-Simplified
- لْيَسْكُنْ
- Hindi
- बसे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 愿居住
- Korean
- 거주하게
- Indonesian
- berdiam
- Bengali
- বাস করুক
- Tagalog
- manirahan nawa
- Swahili
- akae
- Amharic
- ይኑር
- Yoruba
- gbe
- Igbo
- nọ
- Twi
- tena
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yish-KON
- clause
YAF-te e-lo-HIM le-YE-fet ve-yish-KON be-a-ho-lei-SHEM
- sentence
YAF-te e-lo-HIM le-YE-fet ve-yish-KON be-a-ho-lei-SHEM vi-HI khe-NA-an E-ved la-MO
In context — Genesis 9:27
God may expand Japheth may settle in Shem's tents Canaan may be a servant to them
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 9:27, so the Hebrew word וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן (veyishkon) 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.9.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.27.W4.S1) and character.