Genesis 3:17:6Gen.3.17.W6PAT

וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙

vatokhal

ate

Transliteration
va-to-KHAL
Extended
vah-toh-KHAL
IPA
/vat.toː.ˈxal/

Meaning by language

English
ate
French
mangeas
Spanish
comiste
Portuguese
comeste
German
Russian
ел
Arabic-Simplified
أَكَلْتَ
Hindi
खाया
Chinese-Simplified
吃了
Korean
먹었다
Indonesian
makan
Bengali
খেয়েছিলে
Tagalog
kumain
Swahili
ulikula
Amharic
በላህ
Yoruba
jẹ
Igbo
riri
Twi
wodii
Ewe
nèɖu

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Result
וַ + תֹּ֙א + כַל֙
va + to + khal
vatokhal

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-to-KHAL

  2. clause

    oo-leh-ah-DAM a-MAR kee-shah-ma-TAA le-KOL ish-te-KHA va-to-KHAL min-ha-ETS a-SHER tsi-vee-TEE-kha le-MOR LO to-KHAL mi-MEN-nu

  3. sentence

    oo-leh-ah-DAM a-MAR kee-shah-ma-TAA le-KOL ish-te-KHA va-to-KHAL min-ha-ETS a-SHER tsi-vee-TEE-kha le-MOR LO to-KHAL mi-MEN-nu a-ru-RA ha-a-da-MA ba-a-vu-RE-kha be-i-tsa-VON to-kha-LEN-na KOL ye-MEH khai-YEH-kha

In contextGenesis 3:17

said and to Adam because you heeded the voice of your wife ate from the tree which I commanded you saying not eat from it the ground cursed because of you you shall eat it in toil all the days of your lifetime

About this coordinate

Genesis 3:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 3:17, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ (vatokhal) 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.3.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.17.W6.S1) and character.