2 Samuel 14:19:92 Sam.14.19.W9TAB
וַתֹּ֡אמֶר
vatomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vatˈtoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer
- clause
va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ha-YAD yo-AV i-TAKH be-khol-ZOT va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
wə-ṭōmer {וַתַּעַן … וַתֹּאמֶר | wə-ttaʿan … wə-ṭōmer} frame a formal conversational exchange.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:19
And the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As surely as the soul of my lord the king lives, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king has spoken, for your servant Joab commanded me and put all these words into the mouth of your maidservant .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 14:19, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֡אמֶר (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.14.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.19.W9.S1) and character.