Genesis 24:18:4Gen.24.18.W4PAT

וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר

vatemaher

she hurried

Transliteration
va-te-ma-HER
Extended
vah-teh-ma-HEHR
IPA
/vat.tə.ma.ˈheːr/

Meaning by language

English
she hurried
French
elle se hâta
Spanish
ella se apresuró
Portuguese
ela se apressou
German
sie eilte
Russian
она поспешила
Arabic-Simplified
وأسرعت
Hindi
उसने जल्दी की
Chinese-Simplified
她赶忙
Korean
그녀가 서둘렀다
Indonesian
ia bergegas
Bengali
সে তাড়াতাড়ি করল
Tagalog
at nagmadali siya
Swahili
alifanya haraka
Amharic
እርስዋ ፈጠነች
Yoruba
ó yára
Igbo
o mere ngwa ngwa
Twi
ɔyɛɛ ntɛm
Ewe
é va kaba

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תְּ + מַ + הֵ֗ר
va + te + ma + her
vatemaher

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-te-ma-HER

  2. clause

    va-te-ma-HER va-TO-red ka-DAH al-ya-DAH va-tash-KE-hu

  3. sentence

    va-TO-mer she-TE a-do-NI va-te-ma-HER va-TO-red ka-DAH al-ya-DAH va-tash-KE-hu

In contextGenesis 24:18

drink my lord she said she hurried she lowered her jar upon her hand she gave him a drink

About this coordinate

Genesis 24:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 24:18, so the Hebrew word וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר (vatemaher) 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.24.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.18.W4.S1) and character.