Genesis 16:6:12Gen.16.6.W12TAB
וַתִּבְרַ֖ח
vativrakh
“{And} she fled”
- Transliteration
- va-tiv-RAKH
- Extended
- vah-tihv-RAHKH
- IPA
- /wat.tiv.ˈraħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} she fled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tiv-RAKH
- clause
va-te-a-NE-ha sa-RAI va-tiv-RAKH mip-pa-NE-ha
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM el-sa-RAI hin-NE shif-kha-TEKH be-ya-DEKH a-si-LAH ha-TOV be-e-NA-yikh va-te-a-NE-ha sa-RAI va-tiv-RAKH mip-pa-NE-ha
Exegesis
The narrative then resumes with vatteʿannēhā {וַתְּעַנֶּהָ | vatteʿannēhā} ‘and she afflicted her’ in Piel wayyiqtol followed by vattibrāḥ {וַתִּבְרַח | vattibrāḥ} ‘and she fled’ in Qal wayyiqtol, indicating immediate cause and effect.
Root and etymology
RootBet Resh Chet
“to flee, escape”
In context — Genesis 16:6
And Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your slave-woman is in your hand; do to her what is good in your eyes.” Then Sarai afflicted her, and Hagar fled from her presence.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 16:6, so the Hebrew word וַתִּבְרַ֖ח (vativrakh) 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.16.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.6.W12.S1) and character.