Genesis 20:10:5Gen.20.10.W5TAB
רָאִ֔יתָ
raita
“you saw”
- Transliteration
- ra-I-ta
- Extended
- rah-EE-tah
- IPA
- /raː.ˈʔiː.θaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ra-I-ta
- phraseyour reading level
MA ra-I-ta
- clause
MA ra-I-ta KI a-SI-ta et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM MA ra-I-ta KI a-SI-ta et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
Exegesis
The interrogative mah {מָה | māh} ‘what’ is fronted, immediately followed by the perfect verb raita {רָאִיתָ | rā-ʾî-tā} ‘you saw’, highlighting perception as motive.
In context — Genesis 20:10
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see , that you did this thing ?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 20:10, so the Hebrew word רָאִ֔יתָ (raita) 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.20.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.10.W5.S1) and character.