Genesis 16:7:1Gen.16.7.W1TAB
וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּ
vayimtsaah
“{And He} found her”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-tsa-AH
- Extended
- vah-yim-tsah-AAH
- IPA
- /vaj.jim.tsa.ˈʔaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} found her
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-tsa-AH
- clause
va-yim-tsa-AH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-EN ha-MA-yim bam-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yim-tsa-AH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-EN ha-MA-yim bam-mid-BAR al-ha-A-yin be-DE-rekh SHUR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive perfect verb vayimtsaeh {וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּ | way-yim-ṣā-ʾeh} ‘and he found her,’ which links to Hagar by the third person feminine singular object suffix.
In context — Genesis 16:7
The angel of the LORD found her beside a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring along the road to Shur.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:7, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּ (vayimtsaah) 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.16.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.7.W1.S1) and character.