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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LAH
- clause
ve-LAH shif-KHA mits-RIT u-she-MAH ha-GAR
- 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 context — Genesis 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.