Genesis 21:19:8Gen.21.19.W8TAB
וַתְּמַלֵּ֤א
vatemalle
“{And} she filled”
- Transliteration
- va-te-mal-LE
- Extended
- vah-teh-mal-LEH
- IPA
- /va.tə.mal.ˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} she filled
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-mal-LE
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-mal-LE ET-ha-KHE-met
- clause
va-TE-lekh va-te-mal-LE ET-ha-KHE-met MA-yim va-TASHK ET-ha-na-AR
- 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
Root and etymology
m-w-lmem–vav–lamed
“to circumcise, cut around”
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 21:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 21:19, so the Hebrew word וַתְּמַלֵּ֤א (vatemalle) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.19.W8.S1) and character.