Genesis 19:16:1Gen.19.16.W1PAT

וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ

vayitmahmah

he lingered

Transliteration
va-yit-mah-MAH
Extended
vah-yit-mah-MAAH
IPA
/vaj.jit.mah.ˈmaːh/

Meaning by language

English
he lingered
French
il s'attarda
Spanish
se demoró
Portuguese
ele se demorou
German
er zögerte
Russian
он медлил
Arabic-Simplified
وَتَمَهَّلَ
Hindi
वह देर करता रहा
Chinese-Simplified
他迟延
Korean
그가 지체하였다
Indonesian
ia berlambat-lambat
Bengali
সে দেরি করল
Tagalog
siya ay nag-atubili
Swahili
alikawia
Amharic
እርሱ ዘገየ
Yoruba
ó pẹ́
Igbo
ọ gbuo oge
Twi
ɔtwentwɛn
Ewe
eɖi mɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַֽ + יִּתְ + מַהְ + מָ֓הּ
va + yit + mah + mah
vayitmahmah

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-yit-mah-MAH

  2. clause

    va-yit-mah-MAH va-ya-kha-ZI-ku ha-a-na-SHIM be-ya-DO u-ve-yad-ish-TO u-ve-YAD she-TEI ve-no-TAV be-khem-LAT Ye-ho-VAH a-LAV

  3. sentence

    va-yit-mah-MAH va-ya-kha-ZI-ku ha-a-na-SHIM be-ya-DO u-ve-yad-ish-TO u-ve-YAD she-TEI ve-no-TAV be-khem-LAT Ye-ho-VAH a-LAV va-yo-tsi-U-hu va-ya-ni-KHU-hu mi-KHUTS la-IR

In contextGenesis 19:16

he lingered the men seized by his hand and by the hand of his wife and by the hand of two his daughters in the compassion of the LORD upon him they brought him out they set him outside of the city

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:16, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ (vayitmahmah) 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.19.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.16.W1.S1) and character.