Genesis 25:21:1Gen.25.21.W1PAT

וַיֶּעְתַּ֨ר

vayetar

entreated

Transliteration
va-ye-TAR
Extended
vah-yeh-TAHR
IPA
/vaj.jɛʕ.ˈtar/

Meaning by language

English
entreated
French
implora
Spanish
imploró
Portuguese
implorou
German
flehte
Russian
умолял
Arabic-Simplified
وَتَضَرَّعَ
Hindi
विनती की
Chinese-Simplified
恳求
Korean
간청하였다
Indonesian
memohon
Bengali
অনুনয় করল
Tagalog
at nakiusap
Swahili
alisihi
Amharic
ለመነ
Yoruba
bẹbẹ
Igbo
rịọrọ
Twi
srɛɛ
Ewe
ɖe kuku

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יֶּ + עְתַּ֨ר
va + ye + tar
vayetar

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-TAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-TAR yits-KHAK la-ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-ye-TAR yits-KHAK la-ye-ho-VAH le-NO-khakh ish-TO KI a-ka-RA HI

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TAR yits-KHAK la-ye-ho-VAH le-NO-khakh ish-TO KI a-ka-RA HI va-ye-a-TER LO Ye-ho-VAH va-ta-HAR riv-KA ish-TO

In contextGenesis 25:21

Isaac entreated to the LORD for his wife because she barren LORD heard him Rebekah conceived his wife

About this coordinate

Genesis 25:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 25:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּעְתַּ֨ר (vayetar) 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.25.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.25.21.W1.S1) and character.