Genesis 15:10:3Gen.15.10.W3TAB
וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר
vayevatter
“cut in two”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-vat-TER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-vaht-TEHR
- IPA
- /wajə.vatˈteːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- cut in two
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-vat-TER
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-vat-TER o-TAM
- clause
va-yik-kakh-LO et-kol-EL-leh va-ye-vat-TER o-TAM bat-TA-vekh va-yit-TEN ish-bit-RO lik-ra-AT re-E-hu
- sentence
va-yik-kakh-LO et-kol-EL-leh va-ye-vat-TER o-TAM bat-TA-vekh va-yit-TEN ish-bit-RO lik-ra-AT re-E-hu ve-et-ha-tsi-POR LO va-TAR
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequence of wayyiqtol verbs—vayyiqach {וַיִּֽקַּֽח | way-yiq-qaḥ} “and he took,” vayevater {וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר | way-ḇat-tēr} “and he divided,” and vayitten {וַיִּתֵּ֥ן | way-yit-tēn} “and he placed”—to present Abram’s actions as a structured ritual procedure.
Root and etymology
b-t-r
“to cut, divide”
In context — Genesis 15:10
And he took all these and divided them in the middle, and he placed each part opposite its companion , but he did not divide the bird.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 15:10, so the Hebrew word וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר (vayevatter) 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.15.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.10.W3.S1) and character.