Genesis 16:5:13Gen.16.5.W13PAT
וָאֵקַ֖ל
vaekal
“I was despised”
- Transliteration
- va-e-KAL
- Extended
- vah-eh-KAHL
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔeˈqal/
Meaning by language
- English
- I was despised
- French
- je fus méprisée
- Spanish
- fui despreciada
- Portuguese
- fui desprezada
- German
- ich wurde verachtet
- Russian
- я стала презренной
- Arabic-Simplified
- صرت محتقرة
- Hindi
- मैं तुच्छ ठहरी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我被轻看
- Korean
- 내가 업신여김을 받았다
- Indonesian
- aku menjadi hina
- Bengali
- আমি তুচ্ছ হলাম
- Tagalog
- ako'y minamaliit
- Swahili
- nikadharauliwa
- Amharic
- ተናቅሁ
- Yoruba
- a kẹgàn mi
- Igbo
- a leliri m
- Twi
- wɔbuu me animtiaa
- Ewe
- mezu sue
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-e-KAL
- clause
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM kha-MA-si a-LEI-kha a-no-KHI na-TAT-ti shif-KHA-ti be-khei-KE-kha va-TE-re KI ha-RA-ta va-e-KAL be-ei-NE-ha
- sentence
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM kha-MA-si a-LEI-kha a-no-KHI na-TAT-ti shif-KHA-ti be-khei-KE-kha va-TE-re KI ha-RA-ta va-e-KAL be-ei-NE-ha yish-POT Ye-ho-VAH bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha
In context — Genesis 16:5
Sarai said to Abram my wrong upon you I gave my maidservant into your bosom she saw that she had conceived I was despised in her eyes LORD may judge between me and you
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 16:5, so the Hebrew word וָאֵקַ֖ל (vaekal) 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.16.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.5.W13.S1) and character.