1 Samuel 19:14:61 Sam.19.14.W6TAB
וַתֹּ֖אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-to-MER
- Extended
- vah-toh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vat.toːˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she said
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 | |
| 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
- clause
va-to-MER kho-LEH HU
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM la-KHA-khat et-da-VID va-to-MER kho-LEH HU
Exegesis
The narrative then uses the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vatomer {וַתֹּ֖אמֶר | waṯ·tō·mer} with a feminine ending to shift perspective to Michal.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:14
Then Saul dispatched messengers to capture David, and she said, “He is ill .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 19:14, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (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 Sam.19.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.14.W6.S1) and character.