Judges 13:10:1Judg.13.10.W1TAB
וַתְּמַהֵר֙
vatemaher
“and she hurried”
- Transliteration
- va-te-ma-HER
- Extended
- vah-teh-ma-HEER
- IPA
- /vat.təmaˈheːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she hurried
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-ma-HER
- clause
va-te-ma-HER ha-i-SHA va-ta-RATS va-tag-GED le-i-SHA
- sentence
va-te-ma-HER ha-i-SHA va-ta-RATS va-tag-GED le-i-SHA va-to-MER e-LAV hi-NE nir-A e-LAI ha-ISH a-sher-BA va-YOM e-LAI
Exegesis
The verse employs a rapid sequence of vav-consecutive verbs, beginning with vatemeher {וַתְּמַהֵר֙ | vâṯməhêr} ‘and she hurried’, followed by vataratz {וַתָּרָץ | vâṯṭāraṣ} ‘and she ran’, vatagged {וַתַּגֵּד | vâṯtaggēḏ} ‘and she informed’, and vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | vâṯʾōmer} ‘and she said’, which conveys immediacy.
In context — Judges 13:10
And the woman hurried and ran and told her husband, and she said to him, “Behold, the man who appeared to me has come today!”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 13:10, so the Hebrew word וַתְּמַהֵר֙ (vatemaher) 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 Judg.13.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.10.W1.S1) and character.