1 Chronicles 14:12:31 Chr.14.12.W3TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈʔɛmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER da-VID
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID va-yis-SAR-fe-VU ba-ESH
- sentence
va-ya-za-VU-SHAM ET-e-lo-HE-hem va-yo-MER da-VID va-yis-SAR-fe-VU ba-ESH
Exegesis
Vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ functions as a command introduction, prompting vayisarpfu {וַיִּשָּׂרְפוּ | wayyiśărpū} ‘and they burned’.
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:12
And they abandoned their gods there, and David commanded, and they burned them in the fire .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 14:12, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vayomer) 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 1 Chr.14.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.12.W3.S1) and character.