Genesis 16:4:4Gen.16.4.W4PAT

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙

vatere

she saw

Transliteration
va-te-RE
Extended
vah-teh-REH
IPA
/vat.teˈrɛ/

Meaning by language

English
she saw
French
elle vit
Spanish
vio
Portuguese
viu
German
sie sah
Russian
она увидела
Arabic-Simplified
رَأَتْ
Hindi
उसने देखा
Chinese-Simplified
她看见
Korean
보았다
Indonesian
ia melihat
Bengali
সে দেখল
Tagalog
nakita niya
Swahili
akaona
Amharic
አየች
Yoruba
ó rí
Igbo
ọ hụrụ
Twi
ohuu
Ewe
ekpɔ

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Result
וַ + תֵּ֙ + רֶא֙
va + te + re
vatere

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-te-RE

  2. clause

    va-te-RE KI ha-RA-ta va-te-KAL ge-vir-TAH be-ei-NE-ha

  3. sentence

    va-ya-VO el-ha-GAR va-ta-HAR va-te-RE KI ha-RA-ta va-te-KAL ge-vir-TAH be-ei-NE-ha

In contextGenesis 16:4

he went in to Hagar she conceived she saw that she had conceived became insignificant her mistress in her eyes

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 16:4, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ (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 Gen.16.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.4.W4.S1) and character.