Genesis 13:10:3Gen.13.10.W3TAB
וַיַּרְא֙
vayar
“{And} he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- clause
va-yis-sa-LOT et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN KI khu-LAH ma-she-KEH
- sentence
va-yis-sa-LOT et-ei-NAV va-YAR et-kol-ki-KAR ha-yar-DEN KI khu-LAH ma-she-KEH li-fe-NEI sha-KHET Ye-ho-VAH et-se-DOM ve-et-a-mo-RAH ke-gan-ye-ho-VAH ke-E-rets mits-RA-yim bo-a-KHA tso-AR
Exegesis
The verse begins with a wayyiqtol sequence using vayisa {וַיִּשָּׂא־ | wayyiś-śāʾ} ‘and he lifted’ followed by vayyar {וַיַּרְא | wayyarʾ} ‘and he saw’, a hallmark of narrative progression.
In context — Genesis 13:10
Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan; it was lush throughout before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you come to Zoar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 13:10, so the Hebrew word וַיַּרְא֙ (vayar) 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.13.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.10.W3.S1) and character.