Genesis 16:1:7Gen.16.1.W7PAT

וְלָ֛הּ

velah

and she had

Transliteration
ve-LAH
Extended
veh-LAAH
IPA
/wə.ˈlaːh/

Meaning by language

English
and she had
French
et elle avait
Spanish
y ella tenía
Portuguese
e ela tinha
German
und sie hatte
Russian
и у нее была
Arabic-Simplified
ولها
Hindi
और उसके पास
Chinese-Simplified
而她有
Korean
그리고 그녀에게는
Indonesian
dan ia mempunyai
Bengali
আর তার ছিল
Tagalog
at mayroon siya
Swahili
naye alikuwa na
Amharic
እርሷም ነበራት
Yoruba
o si ni
Igbo
ma o nwere
Twi
na ɔwɔ
Ewe
eye e si nɔ

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Result
וְ + לָ֛הּ
ve + lah
velah

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-LAH

  2. clause

    ve-LAH shif-KHA mits-RIT u-she-MAH ha-GAR

  3. sentence

    ve-sa-RAI E-shet av-RAM LO ya-le-DA LO ve-LAH shif-KHA mits-RIT u-she-MAH ha-GAR

In contextGenesis 16:1

and Sarai wife of Abram had not borne to him and she had a female servant Egyptian and her name was Hagar

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 16:1, so the Hebrew word וְלָ֛הּ (velah) 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.16.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.1.W7.S1) and character.