Judges 16:14:3Judg.16.14.W3TAB
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vatˈtoːmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she said
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 | |
| 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-tit-KA ba-ya-TED va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON
- sentence
va-tit-KA ba-ya-TED va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yis-SA et-ha-ye-TAD ha-E-reg ve-et-ha-mas-SA-khet
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative employs a chain of vav-consecutive verbs—vattiqa {וַתִּתְקַע֙ | wattitqaʾ}, wattōmer {וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | wattōmer}, wayyiqaṣ {וַיִּיקַץ֙ | wayyiqaṣ}, wayyissaʿ {וַיִּסַּ֛ע | wayyissaʿ}—to convey rapid succession of actions.
In context — Judges 16:14
And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the fabric.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 16:14, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (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.16.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.14.W3.S1) and character.