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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-mah-MAH
- 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
- 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 context — Genesis 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.