1 Kings 21:7:11 Kgs.21.7.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vatˈtoː.mɛr/
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 e-LAV
- clause
va-TO-mer e-LAV i-ze-VEL ish-TO a-TA a-TA ta-a-SE me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-TO-mer e-LAV i-ze-VEL ish-TO a-TA a-TA ta-a-SE me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL KUM e-KHAL-le-khem ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha a-NI e-TEN le-KHA et-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive in vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | vat-tō-mer} ‘and she said’, introducing direct speech.
Root and etymology
ʼ-m-r
“to speak, utter”
In context — 1 Kings 21:7
And Jezebel, his wife, said to him, “Are you now exercising kingship over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be glad. I myself will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (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.21.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.7.W1.S1) and character.