Genesis 19:33:6Gen.19.33.W6TAB
וַתָּבֹ֤א
vatavo
“went in”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-VO
- Extended
- vah-tah-VOH
- IPA
- /vat.taː.ˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- went in
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA va-ti-she-KAV et-a-VI-a ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH
- sentence
va-tash-KEI-na et-a-vi-HEN YA-yin ba-LAI-la HU va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA va-ti-she-KAV et-a-VI-a ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH
Exegesis
The verbs vatavo {וַתָּבֹא | wat-tā-ḇōʾ} ‘and she came in’ and vatishkav {וַתִּשְׁכַּב | wat-tiš-kab} ‘and she lay down’ occur in immediate succession, with habchirah {הַבְּכִירָה | hab-bə-ḵî-rāh} ‘the elder daughter’ distinguishing the agent.
Root and etymology
bet–vav–alephbet–vav–aleph
“to come”
In context — Genesis 19:33
So they made their father drink wine that night. Then the elder daughter came in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 19:33, so the Hebrew word וַתָּבֹ֤א (vatavo) 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.19.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.33.W6.S1) and character.