Genesis 19:1:9Gen.19.1.W9TAB
וַיַּרְא־לוֹט֙
vayarlot
“Lot saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yar-LOT
- Extended
- vah-yahr-LOHT
- IPA
- /waj.jar.ˈloːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lot saw
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
va-yar-LOT
- clause
va-yar-LOT va-ya-KAM li-kra-TAM va-yish-ta-KHU a-PAI-yim ar-TSA
- 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
Exegesis
A chain of wayyiqtol verbs—vayar-lot {וַיַּרְא־לוֹט | way-yar-lōṭ} ‘and Lot saw’, vayakam {וַיָּקָם | way-yā-qam} ‘and he arose’, vayishtachu {וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ | way-yiš-ta-ḥû} ‘and they bowed down’—drives the action: perception, response, submission.
Root and etymology
y-r-ʾyod–resh–aleph
“to fear, to revere”
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 19:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 19:1, so the Hebrew word וַיַּרְא־לוֹט֙ (vayarlot) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.1.W9.S1) and character.