Genesis 21:16:15Gen.21.16.W15TAB
וַתִּשָּׂ֥א
vatisa
“{And} she lifted up”
- Transliteration
- va-ti-SA
- Extended
- vah-tih-SAA
- IPA
- /wat.tis.ˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} she lifted up
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ti-SA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH
- clause
va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
- 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 lament formula vattisa et kolah vatevkh {וַתִּשָּׂא אֶת־קֹלָהּ וַתֵּבְךְּ | wat-tiś-śāʾ ʾet-qô-lāh wat-tê-ḇḵ} ‘she raised her voice and wept’ shifts from narrative to raw grief, encapsulating her anguish.
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 21:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (vatisa) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W15.S1) and character.