Genesis 13:12:8Gen.13.12.W8TAB
וַיֶּאֱהַ֖ל
vayeehal
“{And} he pitched a tent”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-HAL
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-HAHL
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛ.ʔɛ.ˈhal/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} he pitched a tent
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-HAL
- clause
ve-LOT ya-SHAV be-a-RE ha-ki-KAR va-ye-e-HAL ad-se-DOM
- sentence
av-RAM ya-SHAV be-e-rets-ke-NA-an ve-LOT ya-SHAV be-a-RE ha-ki-KAR va-ye-e-HAL ad-se-DOM
Exegesis
The wayyiqtol verb vayyehal {וַיֶּאֱהַל | way-ye-ʾeh-al} signals the new action of pitching a tent, marking narrative progression.
Root and etymology
ʾ-h-laleph–heh–lamed
“tent, dwelling”
In context — Genesis 13:12
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived in the cities of the plain , and he pitched his tent toward Sodom .
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 13:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱהַ֖ל (vayeehal) 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.13.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.12.W8.S1) and character.