2 Samuel 14:13:12 Sam.14.13.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vatˈtoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she said
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 | |
| 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
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ve-la-MA kha-SHAV-te ka-ZOT al-AM e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ve-la-MA kha-SHAV-te ka-ZOT al-AM e-lo-HIM u-mi-da-BER ha-ME-lekh ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ke-a-SHEM le-vil-TI ha-SHIV ha-ME-lekh et-nid-KHO
Exegesis
The narrative marker vatomer {וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wa-ṯōmer} ‘and she said’ initiates direct discourse.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:13
And the woman said, “So why have you planned such a thing against the people of God ? By speaking this word, the king renders himself guilty, for the king does not bring back his banished one .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 14:13, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.14.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.13.W1.S1) and character.