Genesis 21:16:1Gen.21.16.W1TAB
וַתֵּלֶךְ֩
vatelekh
“{And} she went”
- Transliteration
- va-te-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-teh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /wat.teː.ˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} she went
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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-te-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH
- clause
va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led
- sentence
va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
Exegesis
The initial vateilekh {וַתֵּלֶךְ | wat-tê-leḵ} ‘and she went’ and vateishev {וַתֵּשֶׁב | wat-tê-šeḇ} ‘and she sat’ denote her movement away, while lah {לָהּ | lāh} ‘for herself’ highlights solitude.
In context — Genesis 21:16
She went and sat down by herself, opposite, at a distance like the range of a bow, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the boy .” And she sat opposite and lifted her voice and wept.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ (vatelekh) 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.21.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W1.S1) and character.