Genesis 16:13:12Gen.16.13.W12TAB
רָאִ֖יתִי
raiti
“I have seen”
- Transliteration
- ra-I-ti
- Extended
- rah-EE-tee
- IPA
- /raː.ˈʔiː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have seen
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Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ra-I-ti
- clause
KI am-RA ha-GAM ha-LOM ra-I-ti a-kha-RE ro-I
- sentence
va-tik-RA shem-ye-ho-VAH ha-do-VER e-le-HA a-TA EL ro-I KI am-RA ha-GAM ha-LOM ra-I-ti a-kha-RE ro-I
Exegesis
heightens astonishment, and the perfect rāʾîti {רָאִיתִי | rā-ʾî-tî} followed by ʾaḥarê {אַחֲרֵי | ʾa-ḥă-rê} and the participle rō-ʾî {רֹאִי | rō-ʾî} ‘I have seen after my seer’ forms a rhetorical question expressing wonder at encountering the divine seer in this place. The English rendering balances literal structure with clarity, preserving the sequence of narrative and speech.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–heh
“to see, to perceive”
In context — Genesis 16:13
So she called the name of the LORD who was speaking to her, “You are God who sees me,” for she said, “Have I even here seen after the One who sees me?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 16:13, so the Hebrew word רָאִ֖יתִי (raiti) 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.16.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.13.W12.S1) and character.