Genesis 18:12:1Gen.18.12.W1TAB
וַתִּצְחַ֥ק
vatitskhak
“{And She} laughed”
- Transliteration
- va-tits-KHAK
- Extended
- vah-tihts-KHAHK
- IPA
- /wat.tis.ˈħaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And She} laughed
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
va-tits-KHAK
- phraseyour reading level
va-tits-KHAK sa-RA
- clause
va-tits-KHAK sa-RA be-kir-BAH le-a-MOR
- sentence
va-tits-KHAK sa-RA be-kir-BAH le-a-MOR a-kha-RE ve-lo-TI ha-ye-ta-LI ed-NA va-a-do-NI za-KEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive verb vatitskhaq {וַתִּצְחַ֥ק | wat-titṣ-ḥaq} ‘and she laughed’, which shifts the narrative into Sarah’s personal response.
Root and etymology
ts-ḥ-qtsade–chet–qof
“to laugh, to play”
In context — Genesis 18:12
And Sarah laughed inwardly, saying, “Once I have grown frail, shall I find pleasure , when my lord himself is old?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 18:12, so the Hebrew word וַתִּצְחַ֥ק (vatitskhak) 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.18.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.12.W1.S1) and character.