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

Result
וַ + תֵּ + לֶךְ֩
va + te + lekh
vatelekh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-TE-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-TE-lekh va-TE-shev LAH

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.