וַתָּ֤קָם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתָּ֤קָם

   va-ta-KAM

   arose
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתָּ֤קָם הַצְּעִירָה֙

   va-ta-KAM ha-tse-ee-RA

   the younger arose
3. clause🔊 וַתָּ֤קָם הַצְּעִירָה֙ וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣ב עִמּ֔וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֥ע בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ וּבְקֻמָֽהּ׃

   va-ta-KAM ha-tse-ee-RA va-tish-KAV im-MO ve-lo-ya-DA be-shikh-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH

   the younger arose she lay down with him he did not know when she lay down and when she arose
4. sentence🔊 וַתַּשְׁקֶ֜יןָ גַּ֣ם בַּלַּ֧יְלָה הַה֛וּא אֶת־אֲבִיהֶ֖ן יָ֑יִן וַתָּ֤קָם הַצְּעִירָה֙ וַתִּשְׁכַּ֣ב עִמּ֔וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֥ע בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ וּבְקֻמָֽהּ׃

   va-tash-KEI-na GAM bal-LAI-la ha-HU et-a-vee-HEN YA-yin va-ta-KAM ha-tse-ee-RA va-tish-KAV im-MO ve-lo-ya-DA be-shikh-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH

   they made drink their father wine that in the night also the younger arose she lay down with him he did not know when she lay down and when she arose

Exegesis

The focus then shifts to the younger daughter through hatse’irah {הַצְּעִירָה | haṣ-ṣe-ʿî-rāh} ‘the younger’ followed by sequential actions in the Qal imperfect vatakam {וַתָּקָם | wat-tā-qām} ‘and she arose’ and vatishkav {וַתִּשְׁכַּב | wat-tiš-kab} ‘and she lay’, demonstrating deliberate plan.