Genesis 18:11:2Gen.18.11.W2TAB

וְשָׂרָה֙

vesara

“and Sarah”

Transliteration: ve-sa-RA
Extended: veh-sah-RAA
IPA: /və.saːˈraː/

Meaning by language

English: and Sarah

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Result

וְ + שָׂ + רָה֙

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ve + sa + ra

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vesara

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
ve-sa-RA
phraseyour reading level
ve-av-ra-HAM ve-sa-RA
clause
ve-av-ra-HAM ve-sa-RA ze-ke-NIM ba-IM ba-ya-MIM
sentence
ve-av-ra-HAM ve-sa-RA ze-ke-NIM ba-IM ba-ya-MIM kha-DAL li-he-YOT le-sa-RA O-rakh ka-na-SHIM

Exegesis

The verse begins with the coordinated subjects ve-Avraham ve-Sarah {וְאַבְרָהָם וְשָׂרָה | wə-ʾaḇrāhām wə-śārāh} ‘and Abraham and Sarah,’ followed by the predicate adjective zekenim {זְקֵנִ֔ים | zə-qē-nîm} ‘old,’ indicating their advanced age.

In context — Genesis 18:11

Now Abraham and Sarah were old , far along in days, and the way of women had ceased to be for Sarah.

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 18:11, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂרָה֙ (vesara) 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.18.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.11.W2.S1) and character.

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