Judges 13:6:1Judg.13.6.W1TAB
וַתָּבֹ֣א
vatavo
“and she came”
- Transliteration
- va-ta-VO
- Extended
- vah-tah-VOH
- IPA
- /vat.taˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she came
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ta-VO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD ve-LO she-il-TI-ye-hu EI-mi-ZE HU ve-ET-she-MO LO-hi-GID LI
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verbs vattabo {וַתָּבֹ֣א | wā-ṭā-bō} ‘and she came’ and vatomer {וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | waṭ-ṭō-mer} ‘and she said’, signaling sequential action and introducing direct speech via the infinitive construct lemor {לֵאמֹר | le-ʾā-môr} ‘saying’.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–aleph
“to come”
In context — Judges 13:6
Then the woman came and said to her husband, “A man of God came to me, and he looked like an angel of God—very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 13:6, so the Hebrew word וַתָּבֹ֣א (vatavo) 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.13.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.6.W1.S1) and character.