Genesis 16:8:6Gen.16.8.W6TAB
בָ֖את
vat
“have you come”
- Transliteration
- VAT
- Extended
- VAAT
- IPA
- /ˈvaːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- have you come
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
VAT
- phraseyour reading level
ei-miz-ZEH VAT
- clause
va-yo-MAR ha-GAR shif-KHAT sa-RAI ei-miz-ZEH VAT ve-A-na te-le-KHI
- sentence
va-yo-MAR ha-GAR shif-KHAT sa-RAI ei-miz-ZEH VAT ve-A-na te-le-KHI va-TO-mer mi-pe-NEI sa-RAI ge-vir-TI a-no-KHI bo-ra-KHAT
Exegesis
The two-part interrogative construction ei mizzeh baat {אֵי־מִזֶּה בָאת | ʾê-miz-zeh bā-ʾat} “where from have you come” is mirrored by veanah telechi {וְאָנָה תֵלֵכִי | wə-ʾā-nāh tē-lē-kî} “and where are you going,” employing perfect and imperfect verbs to probe past origin and future destination in balanced parallelism.
In context — Genesis 16:8
And he said, “Hagar, maidservant of Sarai, from where have you come, and where will you go?” She answered, “From the presence of Sarai my mistress , I am fleeing.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 16:8, so the Hebrew word בָ֖את (vat) 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.16.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.8.W6.S1) and character.