Judges 16:18:1Judg.16.18.W1TAB
וַתֵּ֣רֶא
vatere
“and she saw”
- Transliteration
- va-te-RE
- Extended
- vah-teh-REE
- IPA
- /vat.teˈrɛʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-te-RE
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-RE de-li-LA
- clause
va-te-RE de-li-LA ki-hi-GID LA et-kol-li-BO va-tish-LAKH va-tik-RA le-sar-NE fe-lish-TIM le-MOR a-LU ha-PA-am ki-hi-GID LA LI et-kol-li-BO
- sentence
va-te-RE de-li-LA ki-hi-GID LA et-kol-li-BO va-tish-LAKH va-tik-RA le-sar-NE fe-lish-TIM le-MOR a-LU ha-PA-am ki-hi-GID LA LI et-kol-li-BO ve-a-LU e-LE-ha sar-NE fe-lish-TIM va-ya-a-LU ha-KE-sef be-ya-DAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb va-tē-reʾ {וַתֵּ֣רֶא | va-tē-reʾ} ‘and she saw’, which introduces the subject Delilah {דְלִילָ֗ה | də-lī-lā}.
In context — Judges 16:18
And Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, and she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this time , for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines went up to her, and they brought the silver in their hand.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:18, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֣רֶא (vatere) 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 Judg.16.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.18.W1.S1) and character.