וַתֵּ֡רֶא

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתֵּ֡רֶא

   va-te-RE

   and she saw
2. clause🔊 וַתֵּ֡רֶא וְהִנֵּ֣ה הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ עוֹמֵ֨ד עַֽל־עַמּוּד֜וֹ בַּמָּב֗וֹא וְהַשָּׂרִ֣ים וְהַחֲצֹצְרוֹת֮ עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ וְכָל־עַ֨ם הָאָ֜רֶץ שָׂמֵ֗חַ וְתוֹקֵ֙עַ֙ בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת וְהַמְשֽׁוֹרֲרִים֙ בִּכְלֵ֣י הַשִּׁ֔יר וּמוֹדִיעִ֖ים לְהַלֵּ֑ל

   va-te-RE ve-hin-NE ha-ME-lekh o-MED al-a-MU-do ba-ma-VO ve-ha-sa-RIM ve-ha-kha-tso-tse-ROT al-ha-ME-lekh ve-khol-AM ha-A-rets sa-ME-akh ve-to-KE-a ba-kha-tso-TSER-ot ve-ha-mesho-ra-RIM bikh-LE ha-SHIR u-mo-di-IM le-hal-LEL

   and she saw and look the king standing upon his pillar at the entrance and the officials and the trumpets beside the king and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing with the trumpets and the singers with instruments of the song and making known to praise
3. sentence🔊 וַתֵּ֡רֶא וְהִנֵּ֣ה הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ עוֹמֵ֨ד עַֽל־עַמּוּד֜וֹ בַּמָּב֗וֹא וְהַשָּׂרִ֣ים וְהַחֲצֹצְרוֹת֮ עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ וְכָל־עַ֨ם הָאָ֜רֶץ שָׂמֵ֗חַ וְתוֹקֵ֙עַ֙ בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת וְהַמְשֽׁוֹרֲרִים֙ בִּכְלֵ֣י הַשִּׁ֔יר וּמוֹדִיעִ֖ים לְהַלֵּ֑ל וַתִּקְרַ֤ע עֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יהָ וַתֹּ֖אמֶר קֶ֥שֶׁר קָֽשֶׁר׃

   va-te-RE ve-hin-NE ha-ME-lekh o-MED al-a-MU-do ba-ma-VO ve-ha-sa-RIM ve-ha-kha-tso-tse-ROT al-ha-ME-lekh ve-khol-AM ha-A-rets sa-ME-akh ve-to-KE-a ba-kha-tso-TSER-ot ve-ha-mesho-ra-RIM bikh-LE ha-SHIR u-mo-di-IM le-hal-LEL va-tik-RA a-tal-YA-hu et-be-ga-DE-ha va-to-MER KE-sher KA-sher

   and she saw and look the king standing upon his pillar at the entrance and the officials and the trumpets beside the king and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing with the trumpets and the singers with instruments of the song and making known to praise and she tore Athaliah her garments and she said conspiracy conspiracy

Exegesis

The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive in vatera {וַתֵּרֶא | vaṯ-tē-rēʾ} ‘and she saw,’ continuing the account, while vehineh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hinnē} ‘behold’ introduces an immediate focus.