Genesis 39:17:1Gen.39.17.W1TAB
וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר
vatedabber
“she spoke”
- Transliteration
- va-te-dab-BER
- Extended
- vah-teh-dab-BEHR
- IPA
- /wat.tə.dab.ˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- she spoke
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-dab-BER
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-dab-BER e-LAV
- clause
va-te-dab-BER e-LAV kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le le-MOR
- sentence
va-te-dab-BER e-LAV kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le le-MOR ba-e-LAI ha-E-ved ha-iv-RI a-sher-he-VE-ta la-NU le-TSA-khek BI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vatedabber {וַתְּדַבֵּר | wat-tə-da-bēr} ‘and she spoke’, introducing reported speech.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter, speak”
In context — Genesis 39:17
And she spoke to him with these words , saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came to me to mock me .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:17, so the Hebrew word וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר (vatedabber) 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.39.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.17.W1.S1) and character.