וּמָ֣חֲתָה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּמָ֣חֲתָה

   u-ma-kha-TA

   and wiped
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּמָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑יהָ

   me-na-A-fet A-khe-LA u-ma-kha-TA PI-ha

   committing adultery she ate or she eats and wiped her mouth
3. clause🔊 כֵּ֤ן דֶּ֥רֶךְ אִשָּׁ֗ה מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּמָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑יהָ

   KEN DE-rekh i-SHA me-na-A-fet A-khe-LA u-ma-kha-TA PI-ha

   so thus way of a woman committing adultery she ate or she eats and wiped her mouth
4. sentence🔊 כֵּ֤ן דֶּ֥רֶךְ אִשָּׁ֗ה מְנָ֫אָ֥פֶת אָ֭כְלָה וּמָ֣חֲתָה פִ֑יהָ וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה לֹֽא־פָעַ֥לְתִּי אָֽוֶן׃

   KEN DE-rekh i-SHA me-na-A-fet A-khe-LA u-ma-kha-TA PI-ha ve-a-me-RA lo-FA-al-TE A-ven

   so thus way of a woman committing adultery she ate or she eats and wiped her mouth and said not have I done wrongdoing or trouble

Exegesis

ve’amrah {אָכְלָה … וּמָחֲתָה … וְאָמְרָה | ʾāklâ … ū-maḥaṯâ … wə-’āmrâ}, linked by the waw consecutive, portrays characteristic actions in swift progression.