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

Result
וַ + תֵּ֥ + לֶךְ
va + te + lekh
vatelekh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-TE-lekh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-TE-lekh ha-te-VA

  3. clause

    va-TE-lekh ha-te-VA al-pe-NEI ha-MA-yim

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.