וַתִּקַּ֣ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתִּקַּ֣ח

   va-tik-KAKH

   and she took
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתִּקַּ֣ח תָּמָ֗ר

   va-tik-KAKH ta-MAR

   and she took Tamar
3. clause🔊 וַתִּקַּ֣ח תָּמָ֗ר אֶת־הַלְּבִבוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔תָה וַתָּבֵ֛א לְאַמְנ֥וֹן אָחִ֖יהָ הֶחָֽדְרָה׃

   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

   and she took Tamar the cakes or the heart-shaped pastries which or that she had made and she brought to Amnon her brother into the inner room or into the chamber
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַמְנ֜וֹן אֶל־תָּמָ֗ר הָבִ֤יאִי הַבִּרְיָה֙ הַחֶדֶ֔‪ר וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה מִיָּדֵ֑ךְ וַתִּקַּ֣ח תָּמָ֗ר אֶת־הַלְּבִבוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔תָה וַתָּבֵ֛א לְאַמְנ֥וֹן אָחִ֖יהָ הֶחָֽדְרָה׃

   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

   and he said Amnon to Tamar bring {you, feminine} the food or the meal the inner room or the chamber and I will eat from your hand and she took Tamar the cakes or the heart-shaped pastries which or that she had made and she brought to Amnon her brother into the inner room or into the chamber

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’.