Genesis 19:28:8Gen.19.28.W8TAB
וַיַּ֗רְא
vayar
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR
- Extended
- vah-YAHR
- IPA
- /vaj.ˈjar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YAR
- clause
va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN
- sentence
va-yash-KEF al-pe-NEI se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-al-kol-pe-NEI E-rets ha-ki-KAR va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN
Exegesis
The narrative then moves with vayyar {וַיַּרְא | way-yarʾ} ‘and he saw’ paired with vehineh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold,’ signaling a sudden revelation.
Root and etymology
y-r-ʾyod–resh–aleph
“to fear, to revere”
In context — Genesis 19:28
And he looked out over the surface of Sodom and Gomorrah and over all the surface of the land of the plain, and he saw—and behold—smoke was rising from the land like the smoke of a furnace.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 19:28, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֗רְא (vayar) 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.19.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.28.W8.S1) and character.