Genesis 18:21:2Gen.18.21.W2TAB

וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה

veereh

“let me see”

Transliteration: ve-er-EH
Extended: veh-ehr-EH
IPA: /wə.ʔɛr.ˈʔɛ/

Meaning by language

English: let me see

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + אֶרְ + אֶ֔ה

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ve + er + eh

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veereh

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-er-EH
phraseyour reading level
e-ra-da-NA ve-er-EH
clause
e-ra-da-NA ve-er-EH hak-tsa-a-ka-TAH ha-BA-a e-LAI a-SU ka-LA
sentence
e-ra-da-NA ve-er-EH hak-tsa-a-ka-TAH ha-BA-a e-LAI a-SU ka-LA ve-im-LO e-da-A

Exegesis

The subsequent cohortative ve-ereh {וְאֶרְאֶה | wə-ʾer-ʾeh} ‘and I will see’ is joined by vav, forming a purpose sequence: descent in order to see.

In context — Genesis 18:21

I will go down now and see whether they have acted completely according to the outcry that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 18:21, so the Hebrew word וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה (veereh) 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.18.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.21.W2.S1) and character.

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