Genesis 7:18:6Gen.7.18.W6PAT
וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ
vatelekh
“floated”
- Transliteration
- va-TE-lekh
- Extended
- vah-TEH-lekh
- IPA
- /watˈteː.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- floated
- French
- flotta
- Spanish
- flotó
- Portuguese
- flutuou
- German
- trieb
- Russian
- плыл
- Arabic-Simplified
- طفتْ
- Hindi
- तैरती रही
- Chinese-Simplified
- 漂浮了
- Korean
- 떠다녔다
- Indonesian
- mengapung
- Bengali
- ভাসল
- Tagalog
- lumutang
- Swahili
- ilielea
- Amharic
- ተንሳፈፈች
- Yoruba
- lọ
- Igbo
- sere
- Twi
- kɔe
- Ewe
- lia
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TE-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
va-TE-lekh ha-te-VA
- clause
va-TE-lekh ha-te-VA al-pe-NEI ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-yig-be-RU ha-MA-yim va-yir-BU me-OD al-ha-A-rets va-TE-lekh ha-te-VA al-pe-NEI ha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 7:18
the waters became mighty multiplied greatly upon the earth the ark floated on the surface of the waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 7:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 7:18, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ (vatelekh) 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.7.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.7.18.W6.S1) and character.