וַתֹּ֧אמֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר

   va-to-MER

   and she said
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ

   va-to-MER LO ish-TO

   and she said to him his wife
3. clause🔊 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה

   va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le

   and she said to him his wife if had desired the LORD to put us to death he would not have taken from our hand a burnt offering and a grain offering and not he would have shown us all these
4. sentence🔊 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְכָעֵ֕ת לֹ֥א הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּ כָּזֹֽאת׃

   va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le ve-kha-ET LO hish-mi-A-nu ka-ZOT

   and she said to him his wife if had desired the LORD to put us to death he would not have taken from our hand a burnt offering and a grain offering and not he would have shown us all these and at this time not he would have caused us to hear such a thing as this

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb phrase va-tomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | va-ṭō-mer} “and she said,” introducing direct discourse by ishto {אִשְׁתּוֹ | ʾîšt-tô} “his wife.”