1 Chronicles 17:16:71 Chr.17.16.W7TAB
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-yo-MER
- Extended
- vah-yoh-MER
- IPA
- /vaj.joˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yo-MER
- clause
va-yo-MER MI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM u-MI ve-TI KI ha-vi-o-TA-ni AD-ha-LOM
- sentence
va-ya-VO ham-ME-lekh da-VID va-ye-SHEV lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER MI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM u-MI ve-TI KI ha-vi-o-TA-ni AD-ha-LOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a series of vav consecutives: vayyābōʾ {וַיָּבֹא֙ | wayyābōʾ} ‘and he came’, vayyešeḇ {וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב | wayyešeḇ} ‘and he sat’, wayyōʾmēr {וַיֹּאָמֶר | wayyōʾmēr} ‘and he said’, typical of Hebrew narrative linkage.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph, mem, resh
“to say, speak”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:16
Then King David came and sat before the LORD , and he said, “Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house , that You have brought me this far?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 17:16, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (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.17.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.16.W7.S1) and character.