Genesis 39:17:1Gen.39.17.W1PAT

וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר

vatedaber

and she spoke

Transliteration
va-te-da-BER
Extended
vah-teh-dah-BEER
IPA
/vat.tə.dabˈbeːr/

Meaning by language

English
and she spoke
French
et elle parla
Spanish
y habló
Portuguese
e falou
German
und sie sprach
Russian
и она говорила
Arabic-Simplified
وَتَكَلَّمَتْ
Hindi
और वह बोली
Chinese-Simplified
她就说
Korean
그리고 그녀가 말했다
Indonesian
dan ia berbicara
Bengali
আর সে বলল
Tagalog
at nagsalita siya
Swahili
naye akasema
Amharic
እርስዋም ተናገረች
Yoruba
ó sì sọ
Igbo
o wee kwuo
Twi
na ɔkasae

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + תְּ + דַ + בֵּ֣ר
va + te + da + ber
vatedaber

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
Daletd as in door
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-te-da-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-te-da-BER e-LAV

  3. clause

    va-te-da-BER e-LAV ka-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le le-MOR

  4. sentence

    va-te-da-BER e-LAV ka-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le le-MOR ba-e-LAI ha-E-ved ha-i-ve-RI a-sher-he-VE-ta la-NU le-TSA-khek BI

In contextGenesis 39:17

and she spoke to him as the words these saying came to me the servant the Hebrew whom you brought to us to laugh at me

About this coordinate

Genesis 39:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 39:17, so the Hebrew word וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר (vatedaber) 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.39.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.17.W1.S1) and character.