Judges 16:6:1Judg.16.6.W1TAB
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-TO-mer de-li-LA
- clause
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL
- sentence
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL u-va-ME te-a-SER le-a-no-TE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vatomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | waṯ-ṯō-mer} introducing direct speech.
In context — Judges 16:6
And Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me by what means your strength is so great, and by what you can be bound to be afflicted ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 16:6, 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.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.6.W1.S1) and character.