וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב

   va-TE-shev

   and she sat or lived
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב תָּמָר֙

   va-TE-shev ta-MAR

   and she sat or lived Tamar
3. clause🔊 וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב תָּמָר֙ וְשֹׁ֣מֵמָ֔ה בֵּ֖ית אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם אָחִֽיהָ׃

   va-TE-shev ta-MAR ve-sho-me-MA BET av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha

   and she sat or lived Tamar and desolate house of Absalom her brother
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֜יהָ אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם אָחִ֗יהָ הַאֲמִינ֣וֹן אָחִיךְ֮ הָיָ֣ה עִמָּךְ֒ וְעַתָּ֞ה אֲחוֹתִ֤י הַחֲרִ֙ישִׁי֙ אָחִ֣יךְ ה֔וּא אַל־תָּשִׁ֥יתִי אֶת־לִבֵּ֖ךְ לַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב תָּמָר֙ וְשֹׁ֣מֵמָ֔ה בֵּ֖ית אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם אָחִֽיהָ׃

   va-YO-mer e-LE-ha av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha ha-a-mi-NON a-KHIKH ha-YA im-MAKH ve-a-TA a-KHO-ti ha-kha-ri-SHI a-KHIKH HU al-ta-SHI-ti et-li-BEKH lad-da-VAR ha-ZE va-TE-shev ta-MAR ve-sho-me-MA BET av-sha-LOM a-KHI-ha

   and he said to her Absalom her brother Has Amnon your brother been with you and now my sister be silent your brother he do not set your heart to the matter this and she sat or lived Tamar and desolate house of Absalom her brother

Exegesis

The narrative concludes with vateshev {וַתֵּשֶׁב | wa-tê-šeb} ‘and-she-sat’ paired with the participle veshomeimah {וְשֹׁמֵמָה | wə-šō-mê-mā} ‘and-was-desolate’, highlighting Tamar’s ongoing devastation within beit Avshalom achiha {בֵּית אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם אָחִיהָ | bê-yt ʾă-ḇšā-lōm ʾā-ḥî-hā} ‘the-house-of-Absalom-her-brother’.