2 Samuel 14:4:92 Sam.14.4.W9TAB
וַתֹּ֖אמֶר
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 ho-SHI-a ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha AR-tsa va-tish-ta-KHU va-TO-mer ho-SHI-a ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive waw, vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wat-tō-’mer} ‘and she said,’ introducing direct speech.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:4
And the woman from Tekoa said to the king, and she fell upon her face to the ground and bowed herself, and she said, “Help, O king!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 14:4, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (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.14.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.4.W9.S1) and character.