Genesis 19:29:9Gen.19.29.W9TAB
וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח
vayeshallakh
“He sent out”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-shal-LAKH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-shahl-LAHKH
- IPA
- /vajə.ʃalˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- He sent out
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-shal-LAKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT
- clause
va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-sha-KHET e-lo-HIM et-a-REI ha-kik-KAR va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-av-ra-HAM va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
Exegesis
The wayyiqtol form vayizkor {וַיִּזְכֹּר֥ | way-yiz-kōr} ‘and God remembered’ shifts the focus to covenant action, leading to vayeshalach {וַיְשַׁלַּח֙ | way-ša-l-laḥ} ‘and He sent out’, which signals deliverance.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Lamed-Chet
“to send, stretch out”
In context — Genesis 19:29
It happened that when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow of the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 19:29, so the Hebrew word וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח (vayeshallakh) 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.19.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.29.W9.S1) and character.