2 Samuel 13:16:12 Sam.13.16.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-to-MER
- Extended
- vah-toh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vat.toˈmɛr/
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 LO
- clause
va-to-MER LO al-o-DOT ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT me-a-KHE-ret a-sher-a-SI-ta im-MI le-shal-KHE-ni
- sentence
va-to-MER LO al-o-DOT ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT me-a-KHE-ret a-sher-a-SI-ta im-MI le-shal-KHE-ni ve-LO a-VA lish-mo-A LA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive imperfect vatomer {וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | wāṯ·tō·mer} introducing Tamar’s direct speech.
Root and etymology
א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:16
And she said to him, “No, do not speak of this great wrong , for the wrong of sending me away is greater than that which you have done to me.” But he refused to listen to her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:16, 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 Sam.13.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.16.W1.S1) and character.