וַתֹּ֤אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר

   va-to-MER

   and she said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר מִיכַל֙

   va-to-MER mi-KHAL

   and she said Michal
3. clause🔊 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר מִיכַל֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל הוּא־אָמַ֥ר אֵלַ֛י שַׁלְּחִ֖נִי לָמָ֥ה אֲמִיתֵֽךְ׃

   va-to-MER mi-KHAL el-sha-UL HU-a-a-MAR e-LAI shal-khe-NI la-MA a-mi-TEKH

   and she said Michal to Saul he said to me send me away why should I put you to death
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל־מִיכַ֗ל לָ֤מָּה כָּ֙כָה֙ רִמִּיתִ֔נִי וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֥י אֶת־אֹיְבִ֖י וַיִּמָּלֵ֑ט וַתֹּ֤אמֶר מִיכַל֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל הוּא־אָמַ֥ר אֵלַ֛י שַׁלְּחִ֖נִי לָמָ֥ה אֲמִיתֵֽךְ׃

   va-yo-MER sha-UL el-mi-KHAL LA-ma KA-kha rim-mi-TI-ni va-te-shal-LE-KHI et-o-ye-VI va-yim-ma-LET va-to-MER mi-KHAL el-sha-UL HU-a-a-MAR e-LAI shal-khe-NI la-MA a-mi-TEKH

   and he said Saul to Michal why thus or like this you deceived me and you sent away {direct object marker} my enemy and he escaped and she said Michal to Saul he said to me send me away why should I put you to death

Exegesis

The narrative shifts with waṯṭōmer {וַתֹּ֤אמֶר | waṯṭōmer}, introducing Michal’s reply that quotes the qal perfect hûʼ-ʾāmar {הוּא־אָמַ֥ר | hûʼ-ʾāmar}, followed by the imperative šalləḥnî {שַׁלְּחִ֖נִי | šalləḥnî} and the imperfect question ʾămittêḵ {אֲמִיתֵֽךְ | ʾămittêḵ}, preserving the original’s rhetorical force.