וַתֹּ֤אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר

   va-to-MER

   and she said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה֙

   va-to-MER ha-i-SHA

   and she said the woman
3. clause🔊 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב הִנֵּ֥ה רֹאשׁ֛וֹ מֻשְׁלָ֥ךְ אֵלֶ֖יךָ בְּעַ֥ד הַחוֹמָֽה׃

   va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA

   and she said the woman to Joab behold his head thrown to you through or over the wall
4. sentence🔊 לֹא־כֵ֣ן הַדָּבָ֗ר כִּ֡י אִישׁ֩ מֵהַ֨ר אֶפְרַ֜יִם שֶׁ֧בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֣י שְׁמ֗וֹ נָשָׂ֤א יָדוֹ֙ בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ בְּדָוִ֔ד תְּנֽוּ־אֹת֣וֹ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וְאֵלְכָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל הָעִ֑יר וַתֹּ֤אמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב הִנֵּ֥ה רֹאשׁ֛וֹ מֻשְׁלָ֥ךְ אֵלֶ֖יךָ בְּעַ֥ד הַחוֹמָֽה׃

   lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA

   not so the matter but or for a man from {the} hill country of Ephraim Sheba son of Bichri his name has lifted up his hand against the king against David give him alone and I will go from upon or from over the city and she said the woman to Joab behold his head thrown to you through or over the wall

Exegesis

The narrative shifts with va-tomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wat-tō-mer} ‘and she said,’ where ha-ishah {הָאִשָּׁה | hā-’iš-šāh} ‘the woman’ addresses ’el-Yo’av {אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב | ’el-Yō-’āḇ} ‘to Joab.’