Genesis 20:17:4Gen.20.17.W4TAB
וַיִּרְפָּ֨א
vayirpa
“{And He} healed”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-PA
- Extended
- vah-yir-PAA
- IPA
- /waj.jir.ˈpaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And He} healed
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-PA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vi-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU
- sentence
va-yit-pa-LEL av-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM va-yir-PA e-lo-HIM et-a-vi-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO ve-am-ho-TAV va-ye-le-DU
Exegesis
The subsequent wayyiqtol, vayirpa {וַיִּרְפָּא | way-yiṯ-pāʾ} ‘and He healed,’ establishes a direct cause–effect link as Elohim {אֱלֹהִים | ʾĕ-lō-hîm} acting on the coordinated objects introduced by et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} and ve’et {וְאֶת | wə-ʾeṯ}.
Root and etymology
r-p-ʾresh–pe–aleph
“to heal, restore”
In context — Genesis 20:17
Abraham prayed to God , and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his maidservants, enabling them to bear children.
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 20:17, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְפָּ֨א (vayirpa) 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.20.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.17.W4.S1) and character.