Judges 16:20:1Judg.16.20.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-to-MER
- Extended
- vah-toh-MER
- 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
- clause
va-to-MER pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON
- sentence
va-to-MER pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yo-MER e-TSE ke-FA-am be-FA-am ve-in-na-ER ve-HU LO ya-DA KI Ye-ho-VAH SAR me-a-LAV
Exegesis
The narrative uses the vav-consecutive imperfect vato’mer {וַתֹּאמֶר | waṯ·’ō·mer} ‘and she said’ to introduce direct speech.
In context — Judges 16:20
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep , and he said, “I will go out time after time and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:20, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (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.16.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.20.W1.S1) and character.