2 Samuel 17:20:102 Sam.17.20.W10TAB
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-to-MER
- Extended
- vah-toh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vat.toːˈmɛr/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER la-HEM
- clause
va-ya-BO-u av-DE av-sha-LOM el-ha-i-SHA ha-BAI-ta va-yo-me-RU a-YE a-khi-ma-ATS vi-yo-na-TAN va-to-MER la-HEM ha-i-SHA av-RU mi-KHAL ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-ya-BO-u av-DE av-sha-LOM el-ha-i-SHA ha-BAI-ta va-yo-me-RU a-YE a-khi-ma-ATS vi-yo-na-TAN va-to-MER la-HEM ha-i-SHA av-RU mi-KHAL ha-MA-yim va-ye-vak-SHU ve-LO ma-tsa-U va-ya-SHU-vu ye-ru-sha-LA-im
In context — 2 Samuel 17:20
And the servants of Absalom came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have crossed over the water.” They searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 17:20, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (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.17.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.20.W10.S1) and character.