Genesis 39:7:9Gen.39.7.W9TAB
וַתֹּ֖אמֶר
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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Word in context
- word
va-TO-mer
- clause
va-TO-mer shikh-VA im-MI
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-KHAR had-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le va-tis-SA e-shet-a-do-NAV et-ei-NE-ha el-yo-SEF va-TO-mer shikh-VA im-MI
Exegesis
Then the wayyiqtol form vattomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | wat-tō-mer} ‘and she said’ introduces direct speech, with the imperative shikhvah {שִׁכְבָה | šīḵ-bāh} governing the prepositional phrase immi {עִמִּי | ʿim-mî} ‘with me’ to form a terse, forceful sexual invitation. In English, the wayyiqtol verbs appear in past narrative tense, and the imperative dialogues are rendered to reflect their expressive nuance in each reconstruction.
In context — Genesis 39:7
It came about after these things, that the wife of his master fixed her gaze on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 39:7, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (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.39.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.7.W9.S1) and character.