2 Samuel 14:9:12 Sam.14.9.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֜אמֶר
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 hat-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh a-LAI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh he-a-VON ve-al-BET a-VI
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA hat-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh a-LAI a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh he-a-VON ve-al-BET a-VI ve-ha-ME-lekh ve-khis-O na-KI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive plus imperfect verb vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | waṯ·ṯômer} ‘and she said,’ marking narrative flow.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:9
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “May the guilt be on me and on my father’s house; but the king and his throne shall be innocent .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 14:9, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֜אמֶר (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.14.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.9.W1.S1) and character.