1 Chronicles 15:29:131 Chr.15.29.W13TAB
וַתֵּ֨רֶא
vatere
“and she saw”
- Transliteration
- va-te-RE
- Extended
- vah-teh-REE
- IPA
- /vat.teːˈrɛʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-te-RE
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID
- clause
u-mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID me-ra-KED u-me-sa-KHEK va-ti-BEZ LO be-li-BA
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-RON be-RIT ye-ho-VAH BA ad-I-r da-VID u-mi-KHAL bat-sha-UL nish-ke-FA be-AD ha-kha-LON va-te-RE et-ha-ME-lekh da-VID me-ra-KED u-me-sa-KHEK va-ti-BEZ LO be-li-BA
Exegesis
va-tivez {וַתֵּרֶא … וַתִּבֶז | wə-ttē-rāʾ … wə-tti-bez} ‘and she saw … and she despised’ form a cause-and-effect relationship: visual perception evokes inner disdain.
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:29
And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out through the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:29:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Chronicles 15:29, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֨רֶא (vatere) 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 1 Chr.15.29.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.29.W13.S1) and character.