Judges 16:15:1Judg.16.15.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-to-MER
- Extended
- vah-toh-MEHR
- IPA
- /vat.toˈmɛr/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-to-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER e-LAV
- clause
va-to-MER e-LAV EKH to-MAR a-hav-TIKH ve-lib-BE-kha EN it-TI
- sentence
va-to-MER e-LAV EKH to-MAR a-hav-TIKH ve-lib-BE-kha EN it-TI ZE sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM he-TAL-ta BI ve-LO-hi-GAD-ta LI bam-ME KO-kha-kha ga-DOL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | va-tô-mer} ‘and she said,’ signaling the shift to direct address.
In context — Judges 16:15
And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have deceived me, and you have not told me by what your strength is so great.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:15, 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.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.15.W1.S1) and character.