2 Samuel 13:8:122 Sam.13.8.W12TAB
וַתְּלַבֵּ֣ב
vatelabev
“and she made cakes”
- Transliteration
- va-te-la-BEV
- Extended
- vah-teh-lah-BEHV
- IPA
- /vat.tə.labˈbeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she made cakes
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-te-la-BEV
- phraseyour reading level
va-te-la-BEV le-e-NAI-v
- clause
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
- 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.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet–bet
“heart, mind”
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 13:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 13:8, so the Hebrew word וַתְּלַבֵּ֣ב (vatelabev) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.8.W12.S1) and character.