וּבַ֥ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבַ֥ת

   u-VAT

   and a daughter
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת

   u-VAT a-KHAT

   and a daughter one
3. clause🔊 וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֔ים וּבַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת וּשְׁמָ֣הּ תָּמָ֑ר

   va-yu-VA-le-du le-av-sha-LOM she-lo-SHA va-NIM u-VAT a-KHAT u-she-MA ta-MAR

   and were born to Absalom three sons and a daughter one and her name Tamar
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֔ים וּבַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת וּשְׁמָ֣הּ תָּמָ֑ר הִ֣יא הָיְתָ֔ה אִשָּׁ֖ה יְפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה׃

   va-yu-VA-le-du le-av-sha-LOM she-lo-SHA va-NIM u-VAT a-KHAT u-she-MA ta-MAR HI ha-ye-TA i-SHA ye-FAT mar-E

   and were born to Absalom three sons and a daughter one and her name Tamar she was a woman beautiful of appearance

Exegesis

The coordinated numeral and noun sheloshah vanim {שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִים | šəlō·šāh bā·nîm} ‘three sons’ is paralleled by uvat achat {וּבַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת | û·vat ’ă·ḥaṯ} ‘and one daughter’, preserving Hebrew gender-number patterns.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ב־תBet Tav

“daughter”