Proverbs 7:13:5Prov.7.13.W5TAB
וַתֹּ֣אמַר
vatomar
“and she said”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-mar
- Extended
- vah-TOH-mahr
- IPA
- /vat.toːˈʔaː.mar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TO-mar
- phraseyour reading level
va-TO-mar LO
- clause
he-e-ZA fa-NE-ha va-TO-mar LO
- sentence
ve-he-khe-ZI-ka-BO ve-NASH-ka-LO he-e-ZA fa-NE-ha va-TO-mar LO
Exegesis
Each verb is followed by its object—bo {בּוֹ | bō} ‘him’ or paneha {פָנֶיהָ | pā-nê-hā} ‘her face’—culminating in the direct speech vattomar lo {וַתֹּאמַר לֽוֹ | wă-ṯō-ʾā-mar lō} ‘and she said to him’. The asyndetic coordination heightens dramatic tension from physical action to audacious speech, mirrored in the English by a shift from active verbs to descriptive phrase.
Root and etymology
ʾ-m-r
“to speak, utter”
In context — Proverbs 7:13
Then she seized him and kissed him; with a brazen face she said to him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 7:13, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֣אמַר (vatomar) 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 Prov.7.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.13.W5.S1) and character.