וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙

   va-ta-LASH

   and she kneaded
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתִּקַּ֨ח אֶת־הַבָּצֵ֤ק ותלוש וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙

   va-tik-KAKH et-ha-ba-TSEK ve-ta-losh va-ta-LASH

   and she took the dough and she kneaded and she kneaded
3. clause🔊 וַתִּקַּ֨ח אֶת־הַבָּצֵ֤ק ותלוש וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙ וַתְּלַבֵּ֣ב לְעֵינָ֔יו וַתְּבַשֵּׁ֖ל אֶת־הַלְּבִבֽוֹת׃

   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

   and she took the dough and she kneaded and she kneaded and she made cakes before his eyes and she cooked the cakes
4. sentence🔊 וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ תָּמָ֗ר בֵּ֛ית אַמְנ֥וֹן אָחִ֖יהָ וְה֣וּא שֹׁכֵ֑ב וַתִּקַּ֨ח אֶת־הַבָּצֵ֤ק ותלוש וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙ וַתְּלַבֵּ֣ב לְעֵינָ֔יו וַתְּבַשֵּׁ֖ל אֶת־הַלְּבִבֽוֹת׃

   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

   and she went Tamar house of Amnon her brother and he lying down and she took the dough and she kneaded and she kneaded and she made cakes before his eyes and she cooked the cakes

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.

Root and etymology

ל־שׁ־שׁ🔊 lamed–shin–shinl–š–š

“to knead”

• 🔊 לָשַׁןlā-šanto shape doughNumbers 11:8