Genesis 21:2:1Gen.21.2.W1TAB

וַתַּהַר֩

vatahar

“{And She} conceived”

Transliteration: va-ta-HAR
Extended: vah-tah-HAHR
IPA: /wat.ta.ˈhar/

Meaning by language

English: {And She} conceived

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וַ + תַּ + הַר֩

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va + ta + har

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vatahar

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
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

word
va-ta-HAR
phraseyour reading level
va-ta-HAR va-TE-led sa-RA le-av-ra-HAM
clause
va-ta-HAR va-TE-led sa-RA le-av-ra-HAM BEN li-ze-ku-NAV
sentence
va-ta-HAR va-TE-led sa-RA le-av-ra-HAM BEN li-ze-ku-NAV la-mo-ED a-sher-di-BER o-TO e-lo-HIM

Exegesis

The verse begins with two wayyiqtol verbs vattahar {וַתַּהַר֩ | vattāhār} ‘and she conceived’ and vatteled {וַתֵּ֨לֶד | vattēled} ‘and she bore’, typical of Hebrew narrative sequence.

In context — Genesis 21:2

Sarah conceived and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the appointed time that God had spoken to him.

About this coordinate

Genesis 21:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:2, so the Hebrew word וַתַּהַר֩ (vatahar) 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.21.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.2.W1.S1) and character.

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