Genesis 21:9:1Gen.21.9.W1PAT
וַתֵּ֨רֶא
vatere
“saw”
- Transliteration
- va-te-RE
- Extended
- vah-teh-REH
- IPA
- /vat.teˈrɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- saw
- French
- vit
- Spanish
- vio
- Portuguese
- viu
- German
- sah
- Russian
- увидела
- Arabic-Simplified
- رأت
- Hindi
- देखा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 看见
- Korean
- 보았다
- Indonesian
- melihat
- Bengali
- দেখল
- Tagalog
- nakita
- Swahili
- aliona
- Amharic
- አየች
- Yoruba
- ri
- Igbo
- hụrụ
- Twi
- hunuu
- Ewe
- kpɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וַ + תֵּ֨ + רֶא
↓
va + te + re
↓
vatere
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-RE
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-RE sa-RA
- sentence
va-te-RE sa-RA et-ben-ha-GAR ha-mits-RIT a-sher-ya-le-DA le-av-ra-HAM me-tsa-KHEK
In context — Genesis 21:9
Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian woman who bore to Abraham laughing
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:9, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֨רֶא (vatere) 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.21.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.9.W1.S1) and character.