Genesis 19:34:3Gen.19.34.W3TAB
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
vatomer
“said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /wat.ˈtoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 ha-be-khi-RA
- clause
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI
- sentence
va-ye-HI mim-ma-kho-RAT va-TO-mer ha-be-khi-RA el-ha-tse-i-RA hen-sha-KHAV-ti E-mesh et-a-VI na-she-KEN-nu YA-yin gam-hal-LAI-la u-vo-I shikh-VI im-MO u-ne-khai-YE me-a-vi-NU ZA-ra
Exegesis
The verb vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wat-tō-mer} introduces direct speech by habekhira {הַבְּכִירָה | hab-bə-ḵî-rāh} to hatseira {הַצְּעִירָה | haṣ-ṣe-ʿî-rāh}.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, speak”
In context — Genesis 19:34
And it happened on the next day that the older said to the younger, “Behold, I lay with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine also tonight, and you go in and lie with him, and we will preserve offspring from our father.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:34, 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 Gen.19.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.34.W3.S1) and character.