Judges 17:2:18Judg.17.2.W18TAB
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר
vatomer
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mer
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vatˈtoː.mɛr/
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 im-MO
- clause
va-TO-mer im-MO ba-RUKH be-NI la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-im-MO E-lef u-me-A ha-KE-sef a-SHER lu-KAKH-lakh ve-e-TI ve-AT a-LIT ve-GAM a-MAR-te be-oz-NAI hin-NE-ha-KE-sef it-TI a-NI le-kakh-TIV va-TO-mer im-MO ba-RUKH be-NI la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Finally, the maternal blessing vatomer immo barukh beni la-yehovah {וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אִמּ֔וֹ בָּר֥וּךְ בְּנִ֖י לַיהוָֽה | wat-tō-mer ’im-mō ba-rūkh bə-nî la-YHWH} employs a participle formula to reverse the curse.
In context — Judges 17:2
And he said to his mother, “The one thousand one hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you—and though I was present you uttered a curse and also spoke in my hearing—behold, the silver is with me; I am the one who took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD !”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:2:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 17:2, 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.17.2.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.2.W18.S1) and character.