Genesis 19:10:8Gen.19.10.W8TAB
וְאֶת־הַדֶּ֖לֶת
veethadelet
“and the door”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-DE-let
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-DEH-let
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛt.had.ˈdɛ.lɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the door
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-DE-let
- clause
ve-et-ha-DE-let sa-ga-RU
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU ha-a-na-SHIM et-ya-DAM va-ya-VI-u et-LOT a-lei-HEM ha-BAI-ta ve-et-ha-DE-let sa-ga-RU
Exegesis
The final clause places the object ve’et-haddelet {וְאֶת־הַדֶּלֶת | wə-ʾeṯ-had-de-leṯ} ‘the door’ before the verb sagru {סָגָרוּ | sā-ḡarû} ‘they shut’, emphasizing the protective closure. The chain of wayyiqtol verbs establishes a swift sequence of rescue actions, reflected in English by simple past verbs in chronological order. Compressing ‘to themselves into the house’ into ‘back inside to themselves’ preserves both the directional nuance and the interior movement.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–lamed–tav
“door”
In context — Genesis 19:10
But the men reached out their hand, pulled Lot back inside to themselves, and shut the door.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 19:10, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַדֶּ֖לֶת (veethadelet) 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.19.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.10.W8.S1) and character.