Genesis 21:15:1Gen.21.15.W1TAB
וַיִּכְל֥וּ
vayikhlu
“{And It} was used up”
- Transliteration
- va-yikh-LU
- Extended
- vah-yikh-LOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jix.ˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And It} was used up
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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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yikh-LU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim min-ha-KHE-met
- sentence
va-yikh-LU ha-MA-yim min-ha-KHE-met va-tash-LEKH et-ha-YE-led TA-khat a-KHAD ha-si-KHIM
Exegesis
The wayyiqtol vayikhlu {וַיִּכְל֥וּ | wā-yik-lû} begins the verse, linking this completed action to the preceding events and marking the exhaustion of the supply.
In context — Genesis 21:15
When the water was gone from the skin , she put the boy under one of the bushes.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:15, so the Hebrew word וַיִּכְל֥וּ (vayikhlu) 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.21.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.15.W1.S1) and character.