2 Samuel 14:18:132 Sam.14.18.W13TAB
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vatˈtoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she said
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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 ye-da-BER-NA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YA-an ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer el-ha-i-SHA al-NA te-kha-kha-DI mi-ME-ni da-VAR a-SHER a-no-KHI sho-EL o-TAKH va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ye-da-BER-NA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The response uses wattōmer hā’îšâ {וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה | wattōmer hā’îšâ} ‘and the woman said’ plus yedabber-nā ’ădonî hammeleḵ {יְדַבֶּר־נָא אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ | ye-dabber-nā ’ă-do-nî ham-mē-leḵ} ‘let my lord the king speak, please’, mirroring the entreaty structure. The parallel vav-consecutive verbs frame a respectful dialogue with structural symmetry.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:18
And the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide from me anything that I am asking you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak, please.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 14:18, 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.14.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.18.W13.S1) and character.