Genesis 21:7:1Gen.21.7.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר
vatomer
“{And} she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vat.ˈtoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} she said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 MI mil-LEL le-av-ra-HAM hei-NEE-ka va-NIM sa-RA
- sentence
va-TO-mer MI mil-LEL le-av-ra-HAM hei-NEE-ka va-NIM sa-RA ki-ya-LAD-ti VEN liz-ku-NAW
Exegesis
The narrative sequence begins with vatomer {וַתֹּ֗אמֶר | wat-tō-mer} ‘and she said’, using the vav-consecutive with the Qal imperfect to link Sarah’s reaction to prior events.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-rAleph–Mem–Resh
“to say; to utter”
In context — Genesis 21:7
And she said, “Who would have declared to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his advanced age .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:7, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (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.21.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.7.W1.S1) and character.