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

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Result
וָ + אֵ + קַ֖ל
va + e + kal
vaekal

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-e-KAL

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextGenesis 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.