Genesis 16:4:4Gen.16.4.W4TAB
וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙
vatere
“{And} she saw”
- Transliteration
- va-te-RE
- Extended
- vah-teh-REH
- IPA
- /wat.teˈrɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} she saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-te-RE
- clause
va-te-RE KI ha-RA-ta va-te-KAL ge-vir-TAH be-ei-NE-ha
- sentence
va-ya-VO el-ha-GAR va-ta-HAR va-te-RE KI ha-RA-ta va-te-KAL ge-vir-TAH be-ei-NE-ha
Exegesis
The subject then shifts to Hagar with vatera {וַתֵּרֶא | wat-tê-reʾ} ‘and she saw’, followed by the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} and the perfect verb haratah {הָרָתָה | hā-rā-tāh} ‘she was pregnant’ to specify what she perceived. This framing of awareness shows a cause-and-effect relationship between conception and realization.
In context — Genesis 16:4
Abram went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she realized she was pregnant, her mistress became despised in her eyes.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 16:4, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ (vatere) 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.16.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.4.W4.S1) and character.