Genesis 21:15:4Gen.21.15.W4TAB
וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ
vatashlekh
“{And} she threw”
- Transliteration
- va-tash-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-tash-LEHKH
- IPA
- /vat.taʃ.ˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} she threw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tash-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tash-LEKH et-ha-YE-led
- clause
va-tash-LEKH et-ha-YE-led TA-khat a-KHAD ha-si-KHIM
- 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 second clause, vatashelekh {וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ | wā-taš-lē-ḵ} “and she cast,” uses another wayyiqtol, signaling a consequential action by Hagar (understood from context).
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 21:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:15, so the Hebrew word וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ (vatashlekh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.15.W4.S1) and character.