Numbers 22:25:1Num.22.25.W1TAB
וַתֵּ֨רֶא
vatere
“and saw”
- Transliteration
- va-te-RE
- Extended
- vah-teh-REH
- IPA
- /vat.teːˈʁɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and saw
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 | |
| 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 ha-a-TON
- clause
va-te-RE ha-a-TON et-mal-ACH Ye-ho-VAH va-til-la-KHETS el-ha-KIR va-til-KHATS et-RE-gel bil-AM el-ha-KIR
- sentence
va-te-RE ha-a-TON et-mal-ACH Ye-ho-VAH va-til-la-KHETS el-ha-KIR va-til-KHATS et-RE-gel bil-AM el-ha-KIR va-yo-SEF le-ha-ko-TAH
Exegesis
The narrative unfolds through a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs marked by vaṯtêʾrēʾ {וַתֵּרֶא | vaṯtêʾrēʾ} ‘and she saw’, vaṯtillāḥēṣ {וַתִּלָּחֵץ | vaṯtillāḥēṣ} ‘and she was pressed’, vaṯṭilḥaṣ {וַתִּלְחַץ | vaṯṭilḥaṣ} ‘and she pressed’, and wayyōsep̄ {וַיֹּסֶף | wayyōsep̄} ‘and he continued’.
In context — Numbers 22:25
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD , and she pressed herself against the wall, and she pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall, and he struck her again.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 22:25, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֨רֶא (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 Num.22.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.25.W1.S1) and character.