2 Kings 22:15:12 Kgs.22.15.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר
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 a-le-HEM
- clause
va-TO-mer a-le-HEM ko-A-mar Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-TO-mer a-le-HEM ko-A-mar Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL im-RU la-ISH a-sher-sha-LAKH et-KHEM E-lai
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav consecutive vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | vəṯːōˈmer} ‘and she said’, marking sequential discourse.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to speak, say”
In context — 2 Kings 22:15
And she said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel : ‘Say to the man who sent you to Me .’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 22:15, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (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 2 Kgs.22.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.15.W1.S1) and character.