וַתֹּ֗אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתֹּ֗אמֶר

   va-TO-mer

   and you said
2. clause🔊 בְּיַ֣ד מַלְאָכֶיךָ֮ חֵרַ֣פְתָּ אֲדֹנָי֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר ברכב בְּרֹ֥ב רִכְבִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י עָלִ֛יתִי מְר֥וֹם הָרִ֖ים יַרְכְּתֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן

   be-YAD mal-a-KHE-kha khe-RAP-ta a-do-NAI va-TO-mer ve-re-KHEV be-ROV rikh-BI a-NI a-LI-ti me-ROM ha-RIM yar-ke-TE le-va-NON

   by the hand of your messengers you have reproached the Lord and you said with a chariot or with chariots with the multitude of my chariots I I went up the height of mountains the farthest parts of Lebanon
3. sentence🔊 בְּיַ֣ד מַלְאָכֶיךָ֮ חֵרַ֣פְתָּ אֲדֹנָי֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר ברכב בְּרֹ֥ב רִכְבִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י עָלִ֛יתִי מְר֥וֹם הָרִ֖ים יַרְכְּתֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת קוֹמַ֤ת אֲרָזָיו֙ מִבְח֣וֹר בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו וְאָב֙וֹאָה֙ מְל֣וֹן קִצֹּ֔ה יַ֖עַר כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃

   be-YAD mal-a-KHE-kha khe-RAP-ta a-do-NAI va-TO-mer ve-re-KHEV be-ROV rikh-BI a-NI a-LI-ti me-ROM ha-RIM yar-ke-TE le-va-NON ve-ekh-ROT ko-MAT a-ra-ZAV miv-KHOR be-ro-SHAV ve-a-vo-A me-LON ki-TSO ya-AR khar-mil-LO

   by the hand of your messengers you have reproached the Lord and you said with a chariot or with chariots with the multitude of my chariots I I went up the height of mountains the farthest parts of Lebanon and I will cut down the height of its cedars the choice of its cypresses or its fir trees and I will enter the lodging place of its end or its farthest point forest of its fruitful land or its orchard-land

Exegesis

A sequence of vav-consecutives (vatomer {וַתֹּ֗אמֶר}, ve’ekherot {וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת}, ve’avoah {וְאָב֙וֹאָה֙}) links the king’s successive boasts.

Root and etymology

’-m-r🔊 א־מ־ר

“to say, speak”

• 🔊 אִמְרָהimrahutterance, commandPsalms 119:11