2 Samuel 13:10:142 Sam.13.10.W14TAB
וַתָּבֵ֛א
vatave
“and she brought”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-VE
- Extended
- vah-tah-VEE
- IPA
- /vat.taːˈveː(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she brought
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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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-ta-VE
- clause
va-tik-KAKH ta-MAR et-hal-le-vi-VOT a-SHER a-sa-TA va-ta-VE le-am-NON a-KHI-ha he-KHA-de-ra
- sentence
va-YO-mer am-NON el-ta-MAR ha-vi-I ha-bir-YA ha-KHE-der ve-ev-RE mi-ya-DEKH va-tik-KAKH ta-MAR et-hal-le-vi-VOT a-SHER a-sa-TA va-ta-VE le-am-NON a-KHI-ha he-KHA-de-ra
Exegesis
The narrative employs the sequential vav-consecutive verbs to advance the action: vayyomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’, vattikkach {וַתִּקַּ֣ח | vaṯ-tiqqaḥ} ‘and she took’, and vattave {וַתָּבֵ֛א | va-ṯāvēʾ} ‘and she brought’.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:10
And Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the dish into the room so that I may eat from your hand .” Then Tamar took the cakes that she had made and brought them to her brother Amnon in the room.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 13:10, so the Hebrew word וַתָּבֵ֛א (vatave) 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 Sam.13.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.10.W14.S1) and character.