Genesis 19:1:6Gen.19.1.W6TAB
וְל֖וֹט
velot
“{And} Lot”
- Transliteration
- ve-LOT
- Extended
- veh-LOHT
- IPA
- /wə.ˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} Lot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LOT
- clause
va-ya-vo-U she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma ba-E-rev ve-LOT yo-SHEV be-sha-ar-se-DOM
- sentence
va-ya-vo-U she-NEI ha-mal-a-KHIM se-DO-ma ba-E-rev ve-LOT yo-SHEV be-sha-ar-se-DOM va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
In context — Genesis 19:1
In the evening, the two angels arrived at Sodom. Lot was seated at the gate of Sodom; when he noticed them, he stood to greet them and bowed down, his face toward the ground.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 19:1, so the Hebrew word וְל֖וֹט (velot) 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.19.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.1.W6.S1) and character.