Genesis 21:16:17Gen.21.16.W17PAT
וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃
vattevk
“she wept”
- Transliteration
- vat-TEVK
- Extended
- vaht-TEHVK
- IPA
- /wat.ˈteːvk/
Meaning by language
- English
- she wept
- French
- elle pleura
- Spanish
- ella lloró
- Portuguese
- ela chorou
- German
- sie weinte
- Russian
- она заплакала
- Arabic-Simplified
- بَكَتْ
- Hindi
- वह रोई
- Chinese-Simplified
- 她哭了
- Korean
- 그녀는 울었다
- Indonesian
- ia menangis
- Bengali
- সে কাঁদল
- Tagalog
- umiyak siya
- Swahili
- akalia
- Amharic
- እርሷ አለቀሰች
- Yoruba
- ó sunkún
- Igbo
- ọ bere ákwá
- Twi
- ɔsuu
- Ewe
- e fa avi
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
vat-TEVK
- clause
va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK
- 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 21:16:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Genesis 21:16, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃ (vattevk) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.16.W17.S1) and character.