רָאִ֥יתִי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 רָאִ֥יתִי

   ra-I-ti

   I saw
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 רָאִ֥יתִי בְתִמְנָ֖תָה

   ra-I-ti be-tim-NA-ta

   I saw in Timnah
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֗עַל וַיַּגֵּד֙ לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אִשָּׁ֛ה רָאִ֥יתִי בְתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

   va-YA-al va-yag-GED le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO va-yo-MER i-SHA ra-I-ti be-tim-NA-ta mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM

   and he went up and he told to his father and to his mother and he said a woman I saw in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֗עַל וַיַּגֵּד֙ לְאָבִ֣יו וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אִשָּׁ֛ה רָאִ֥יתִי בְתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְעַתָּ֕ה קְחוּ־אוֹתָ֥הּ לִּ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

   va-YA-al va-yag-GED le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO va-yo-MER i-SHA ra-I-ti be-tim-NA-ta mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ke-KHU-o-TA LI le-i-SHA

   and he went up and he told to his father and to his mother and he said a woman I saw in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines and now take her for me as a wife

Exegesis

The reported speech opens with the unmarked object-first expression ishah ra’iti {אִשָּׁה רָאִיתִי | ’išāh rā’îtî} ‘woman I have seen’, emphasizing the subject’s personal initiative.

Root and etymology

resh-aleph-heh🔊 ר־א־ה

“to see”

• 🔊 מַרְאֶהmar’ehappearanceExodus 4:6