Genesis 3:6:1Gen.3.6.W1PAT

וַתֵּ֣רֶא

vatere

saw

Transliteration
va-TE-re
Extended
vah-TEH-reh
IPA
/wat.ˈteː.rɛ/

Meaning by language

English
saw
French
vit
Spanish
vio
Portuguese
viu
German
sah
Russian
увидела
Arabic-Simplified
فَرَأَتْ
Hindi
देखा
Chinese-Simplified
看见了
Korean
보았다
Indonesian
melihat
Bengali
দেখল
Tagalog
nakita
Swahili
akaona
Amharic
አየች
Yoruba
Igbo
hụrụ
Twi
hunuu
Ewe
ekpɔ

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Result
וַ + תֵּ֣ + רֶא
va + te + re
vatere

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-TE-re

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-TE-re ha-ish-SHA

  3. clause

    va-TE-re ha-ish-SHA KI TOV ha-ETS le-ma-a-KHAL ve-KI ta-a-va-HU la-eh-NA-yim ve-nekh-MAD ha-ETS le-has-KIL va-tik-KAKH mip-pir-YO va-to-KHAL

  4. sentence

    va-TE-re ha-ish-SHA KI TOV ha-ETS le-ma-a-KHAL ve-KI ta-a-va-HU la-eh-NA-yim ve-nekh-MAD ha-ETS le-has-KIL va-tik-KAKH mip-pir-YO va-to-KHAL va-tit-TEN gam-le-i-SHAH im-MAH va-yo-KHAL

In contextGenesis 3:6

the woman saw that good the tree for eating and that a delight for the eyes and desirable the tree to make wise took from its fruit ate gave also to her husband with her ate

About this coordinate

Genesis 3:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 3:6, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֣רֶא (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.3.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.6.W1.S1) and character.