Genesis 21:14:14Gen.21.14.W14TAB
וַתֵּ֔תַע
vateta
“she wandered”
- Transliteration
- va-te-TA
- Extended
- vah-teh-TAH
- IPA
- /wat.teː.ˈtaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- she wandered
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-TA
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-LEKH va-te-TA
- clause
va-te-LEKH va-te-TA be-mid-BAR be-ER sha-VA
- sentence
va-yash-KEM av-ra-HAM ba-BO-ker va-yik-KAKH-LE-khem ve-khe-MAT MA-yim va-yit-TEN el-ha-GAR SAM al-shikh-MAH ve-et-ha-YE-led va-ye-shal-le-KHE-ha va-te-LEKH va-te-TA be-mid-BAR be-ER sha-VA
Exegesis
The verbs vateilekh {וַתֵּלֶךְ | wat-tē-leḵ} and vatețaʿ {וַתֵּתַע | wat-tē-taʿ} shift from departure to wandering.
In context — Genesis 21:14
At dawn Abraham rose, took bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar. He put the provisions on her shoulder, along with the boy , then sent her away. She departed and wandered in the wilderness of Be’er Sheba.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:14:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 21:14, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֔תַע (vateta) 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.21.14.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.14.W14.S1) and character.