Genesis 16:13:7Gen.16.13.W7TAB
רֳאִ֑י
roi
“who sees”
- Transliteration
- ro-I
- Extended
- roh-EE
- IPA
- /rɔ̆.ˈʔiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who sees
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ro-I
- phraseyour reading level
EL ro-I
- clause
va-tik-RA shem-ye-ho-VAH ha-do-VER e-le-HA a-TA EL 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
In the clause atta el roʾî {אַתָּה אֵל רֳאִי | ʾat-tāh ʾēl rō-ʾî} ‘you are God who sees me’, a verbless nominal sentence underscores mutual identification of pronoun and predicate.
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 16:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 16:13, so the Hebrew word רֳאִ֑י (roi) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.13.W7.S1) and character.