Genesis 39:12:1Gen.39.12.W1TAB
וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂ֧הוּ
vatitpesehu
“she seized him”
- Transliteration
- va-tit-pe-SE-hu
- Extended
- vah-tit-peh-SEH-hoo
- IPA
- /wat.tit.pəˈseː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she seized him
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tit-pe-SE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-tit-pe-SE-hu be-vig-DO
- clause
va-tit-pe-SE-hu be-vig-DO le-MOR shikh-VA im-MI
- sentence
va-tit-pe-SE-hu be-vig-DO le-MOR shikh-VA im-MI va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO be-ya-DAH va-ya-NAS va-ye-TSE ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through a chain of vav consecutive verbs beginning with vatitpeshehu {וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂ֧הוּ | wat-titpəśê-hû} ‘and she seized him’, a Hitpael form indicating sudden, forceful action.
Root and etymology
Roottav–pe–sin
“to seize, grasp”
In context — Genesis 39:12
She seized him by his garment , saying, “Lie with me,” but he left his garment in her hand, and he fled and went outside .
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:12, so the Hebrew word וַתִּתְפְּשֵׂ֧הוּ (vatitpesehu) 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.39.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.12.W1.S1) and character.