Genesis 24:20:1Gen.24.20.W1PAT
וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר
vatemaher
“she hurried”
- Transliteration
- va-te-ma-HER
- Extended
- vah-teh-mah-HEHR
- IPA
- /wat.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
- وأسرعتْ
- Hindi
- वह जल्दी से चली
- Chinese-Simplified
- 她急忙
- Korean
- 그녀가 서둘렀다
- Indonesian
- bergegas
- Bengali
- সে তাড়াহুড়ো করল
- Tagalog
- at nagmadali
- Swahili
- akaharakisha
- Amharic
- ፈጠነች
- Yoruba
- ó yára
- Igbo
- o mere ngwa
- Twi
- ɔyɛɛ ntɛm
- Ewe
- é va kaba
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-ma-HER
- clause
va-te-ma-HER va-te-AR ka-DAH el-ha-SHO-ket va-TA-rats OD el-ha-be-ER li-she-OV
- sentence
va-te-ma-HER va-te-AR ka-DAH el-ha-SHO-ket va-TA-rats OD el-ha-be-ER li-she-OV va-ti-she-AV le-khol-ge-mal-LAV
In context — Genesis 24:20
she hurried she emptied out her jar to the trough she ran again to the well to draw water she drew water for all his camels
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 24:20, 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.24.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.20.W1.S1) and character.