Genesis 20:17:7Gen.20.17.W7TAB
וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּ֛וֹ
veetishto
“and his wife”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ish-TO
- Extended
- veh-eht-ish-TOH
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛt.ʔiʃ.ˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ish-TO
- phraseyour reading level
et-a-vi-ME-lekh ve-et-ish-TO
- 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}.
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 20:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 20:17, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־אִשְׁתּ֛וֹ (veetishto) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.17.W7.S1) and character.