Genesis 21:19:4Gen.21.19.W4TAB
וַתֵּ֖רֶא
vatere
“{And} she saw”
- Transliteration
- va-TE-re
- Extended
- vah-TEH-reh
- IPA
- /va.ˈteː.rɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} she saw
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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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-TE-re
- clause
va-yif-KAKH e-lo-HIM ET-ei-NE-ha va-TE-re be-ER MA-yim
- sentence
va-yif-KAKH e-lo-HIM ET-ei-NE-ha va-TE-re be-ER MA-yim va-TE-lekh va-te-mal-LE ET-ha-KHE-met MA-yim va-TASHK ET-ha-na-AR
In context — Genesis 21:19
Then God opened her eyes , and she saw a well of water. She went there, filled the skin-bottle with water, and gave the boy a drink.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:19, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֖רֶא (vatere) 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.21.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.19.W4.S1) and character.