Genesis 19:26:4Gen.19.26.W4TAB
וַתְּהִ֖י
vattehi
“she became”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-HI
- Extended
- vaht-teh-HEE
- IPA
- /vat.tə.ˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she became
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vat-te-HI
- clause
vat-te-HI ne-TSIV ME-lakh
- sentence
va-tab-BET ish-TO me-a-kha-RAV vat-te-HI ne-TSIV ME-lakh
Exegesis
The verse consists of two sequential wayyiqtol verbs, vatabet {וַתַּבֵּט | wat-tabbēṭ} ‘and she looked’ and vatehi {וַתְּהִי | wat-tehî} ‘and she became,’ establishing a direct cause-and-effect sequence.
In context — Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a column of salt .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:26, so the Hebrew word וַתְּהִ֖י (vattehi) 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.19.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.26.W4.S1) and character.