Genesis 18:7:10Gen.18.7.W10TAB
וַיְמַהֵ֖ר
vayemaher
“and hurried”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ma-HER
- Extended
- vah-yeh-ma-HEHR
- IPA
- /wajəmaˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and hurried
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-ma-HER
- clause
va-yik-KAKH ben-ba-KAR RAKH va-TOV va-yit-TEN el-ha-NA-ar va-ye-ma-HER la-a-SOT o-TO
- sentence
ve-el-ha-ba-KAR RATS av-ra-HAM va-yik-KAKH ben-ba-KAR RAKH va-TOV va-yit-TEN el-ha-NA-ar va-ye-ma-HER la-a-SOT o-TO
Exegesis
The narrative then continues with a series of wayyiqtol forms—vayikach {וַיִּקַּח | way-yiq-qaḥ} “and he took,” vayiten {וַיִּתֵּן | way-yit-tēn} “and he gave,” and vayemaher {וַיְמַהֵר | way-yə-ma-hēr} “and he hurried”—which present a chain of rapid, sequential actions typical of Hebrew narrative prose.
In context — Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf , and gave it to the servant, who hurried to prepare it.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 18:7, so the Hebrew word וַיְמַהֵ֖ר (vayemaher) 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.18.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.7.W10.S1) and character.