Genesis 21:16:1Gen.21.16.W1PAT
וַתֵּלֶךְ֩
vatelekh
“she went”
- Transliteration
- va-TE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-TEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /wat.ˈteː.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- she went
- French
- elle alla
- Spanish
- ella fue
- Portuguese
- ela foi
- German
- sie ging
- Russian
- она пошла
- Arabic-Simplified
- ذَهَبَتْ
- Hindi
- वह गई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 她去了
- Korean
- 그녀는 갔다
- Indonesian
- ia pergi
- Bengali
- সে গেল
- Tagalog
- umalis siya
- Swahili
- akaenda
- Amharic
- እርሷ ሄደች
- Yoruba
- ó lọ
- Igbo
- ọ gara
- Twi
- ɔkɔe
- Ewe
- e yi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TE-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH
- clause
va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led
- sentence
va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
In context — Genesis 21:16
she went she sat for herself opposite far away like the range of a bow for she said let me not see the death of the child she sat opposite she lifted up her voice she wept
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ (vatelekh) 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.21.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W1.S1) and character.