Judges 16:12:7Judg.16.12.W7TAB
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vat.toːˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-TO-mer e-LAV
- clause
va-tik-KHAKH de-li-LA a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ta-as-re-HU va-HEM va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV be-KHA-der
- sentence
va-tik-KHAKH de-li-LA a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ta-as-re-HU va-HEM va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV be-KHA-der va-ye-nat-ke-EM me-AL ze-ro-o-TAV ka-KHUT
Exegesis
The speech formula vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | va-tô-mer} ‘and she said’ precedes a vocative announcement of pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | pĕ-liš-ṭîm} ‘Philistines’.
In context — Judges 16:12
So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them. Then she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” Meanwhile, the ambush lay hidden in the room. But he tore them from his arms like a thread.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:12, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (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 Judg.16.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.12.W7.S1) and character.