2 Samuel 13:8:12 Sam.13.8.W1TAB
וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ
vatelekh
“and she went”
- Transliteration
- va-te-LEKH
- Extended
- vah-teh-LEHKh
- IPA
- /vat.teːˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she went
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-LEKH ta-MAR
- clause
va-te-LEKH ta-MAR BET am-NON a-KHI-ha ve-HU sho-KHEV
- sentence
va-te-LEKH ta-MAR BET am-NON a-KHI-ha ve-HU sho-KHEV va-tik-KAKH et-ha-ba-TSEK ve-ta-losh va-ta-LASH va-te-la-BEV le-e-NAI-v va-te-va-SHEL et-ha-le-vi-VOT
Exegesis
The verse presents a chain of vav-consecutive forms in Qal and Piel to relay a sequence of actions (vatelech {וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ | wa-ṯē-leḵ} ‘and she went’, vatikach {וַתִּקַּ֨ח | wa-ṯiq-qaḥ} ‘and she took’, vatalash {וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙ | wa-tā-laš} ‘and she kneaded’, vetelabev {וַתְּלַבֵּ֣ב | wa-tə-la-bêḇ} ‘and she shaped’, vatevashel {וַתְּבַשֵּׁ֖ל | wa-tə-baš-šêl} ‘and she cooked’), creating a step-by-step procedural narrative.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:8
Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon while he was lying down. She took the dough , kneaded it, shaped it into cakes before his eyes, and cooked them.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 13:8, so the Hebrew word וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ (vatelekh) 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.13.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.8.W1.S1) and character.