Genesis 21:10:1Gen.21.10.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙
vatomer
“{And} she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /wat.ˈtoː.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 le-av-ra-HAM ga-RESH ha-a-MA ha-ZOT ve-et-be-NAH
- sentence
va-TO-mer le-av-ra-HAM ga-RESH ha-a-MA ha-ZOT ve-et-be-NAH KI LO yi-RASH ben-ha-a-MA ha-ZOT im-be-NI im-yits-KHAK
Exegesis
The verse begins with vatomer {וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | wat-tōʾmer} ‘and she said’, a wayyiqtol verb form introducing Sarah’s speech.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say; to utter”
In context — Genesis 21:10
So she said to Abraham, “Drive out the maidservant —this one—and her son, for the son of this maidservant will not inherit together with my son, with Isaac.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:10, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (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.21.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.10.W1.S1) and character.