1 Kings 21:15:71 Kgs.21.15.W7TAB
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-to-MER
- Extended
- vah-toh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vat.toːˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she said
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-to-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER i-ze-VEL
- clause
va-to-MER i-ze-VEL el-a-KHAAV KUM RESH et-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI a-SHER me-EN la-TET-le-KHA ve-KHE-sef KI EN na-VOT KHAI ki-MET
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-mo-A i-ze-VEL ki-suk-KAL na-VOT va-ya-MOT va-to-MER i-ze-VEL el-a-KHAAV KUM RESH et-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI a-SHER me-EN la-TET-le-KHA ve-KHE-sef KI EN na-VOT KHAI ki-MET
Exegesis
Transition to direct speech is signaled by wayyômer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wayyômer} ‘and she said’, after which the imperatives qûm {קוּם | qûm} ‘arise’ and rēš {רֵשׁ | rēš} ‘possess’ convey Jezebel’s authoritative commands.
Root and etymology
ʼ-m-r
“to speak, utter”
In context — 1 Kings 21:15
And it happened that when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, she said to Ahab, “Arise and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you silver , for Naboth is not alive but dead.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 21:15, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (vatomer) 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 1 Kgs.21.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.15.W7.S1) and character.